Koottanchoru

Ingredients:

1.       Rice 2 cups(wash and soak it)
2.       Toor dal 1/2 cup
3.       Tamarind  2 lime size
4.       Small onion 6 nos
5.      Fenugreek seeds 1 tsp
6.      Oil 2 tsp
7.      Turmeric powder 1 tsp
8.       Asafotida a pinch
9.       Onion vadagam 1(optional)

   Vegetables;

1.       Drum stick 1
2.     Egg plant  3 small
3.      Raw banana 1
4.     Raw mango 1
5.    Carrot 1
6.     Beans  few
7.     Broad bean few
8.     Chow chow 1
9.    Potato 
10. Spinach small bunch(was and chop them)

 basically we can add any  Tamil vegetables other than cabbage,cauliflower,peas,capsicum

 Coconut paste:

1.       Coconut 1 cup
2.       Sambar onion 6 nos
3.       Garlic  5 nos
4.       Cumin seeds (jeera seeds)  1 tsp
5.       Red chili 6 nos

Grind them all together into smooth paste

Method:

• Cut the vegetables and cook them in little water don't drain the water keep the water we can add it to the rice latter  ,Cook the dal and mash them
• Extract tamarind juice at least 3 cups,take the juice in a cooker bring it to boil add needed salt,turmeric powder,asafotida,Add soaked and drained rice to the boiling tamarind juice
• Fry the onion and fenugreek seeds in tsp of oil until brown, Add it to the rice
• Once the rice start to boil ,Add the coconut paste to it mix it well add one more cup of water
•  Add the cooked vegetables,Finally add cooked dal give it a mix add 2 more cup of water mix it ,Add the chopped spinach before covering the cooker, Cover the cooker keep the heat very low wait for a whistle and switch off 
•  Altogether we need to add 6 cups of water for 2 cups of rice either we can add the water in the beginning or in between like me so that cooking process get slow and all the ingredients combined well
•  Fry onion vadagam in little oil add it to the rice before serving