Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   1      cup           tur -- (toor) gram dal
 200      grams         cabbage
  50      grams         French beans
   1                    ripe tomato
   1                    drumstick
   1      teaspoon      thick tamarind juice
   1      teaspoon      sugar
   1      teaspoon      chile powder
     1/2  teaspoon      asafetida
     1/2  teaspoon      peeled black gram dal
     1/2  teaspoon      black mustard seeds
   1      tablespoon    dhaniya seeds
   6                    pepper seeds
                        coconut -- (a small piece)
                        salt -- to taste

Preparation:

1. Boil dal. 2. Chop vegetables into small pieces. Boil. 3. Mix both with chile powder, salt, asafetida, sugar and tamarind juice. 4. Heat oil. fry black gram dal and mustard seeds. 5. Grind coconut, dhaniya seeds and pepper seeds. 6. Add both masalas to the kootu, cook for 5 minutes on low heat.