Ingredients 

• 4 tbs Dhaniya
• 8-9 red chillies
• 2 tbs Jeera
• 7-8 pepper corns
• 1 small piece of cinnamon
• 1 tbs Chana dal
• 1&1/2 to 2 spoons Urad dal
• 2 tbs dry/fresh coconut powder
• Tamarind pulp
• Vegetables (potatoes,carrots,cauliflower,cabbage,knol- khol,greenpeas)
• Arhar Dal 2 cups

• Cut the vegetables in slightly bigger sizes as they melt away if cut in very smallsizes. Mix them with arhar dal to boil in a cooker for upto 2-3 whistles. 
• Fry the masala taken above and grind them to a smooth paste,add this to the boiled vegetables and dal.Add tamarind water, salt, chilli powder , turmeric and boil for 5-7 minutes or more until it gives a good aroma. Keep aside.
• Take 4-5 tbs oil in a frying pan and heat it
• 3 tbs jeera. 
• Add 3-4 pinches of hing 
• Immediately add small peices of red chillies and roast for a moment. 
• Add 2 tbs mustard seeds and let it splutter immediately remove from heat and put this in the prepared kootu.