I distinctly remember as a novice asking mum, why she had to call the kootu by so many different names. Why is there pulikootu, parippukootu, Porichakootu, molagutal, kootukari, and so on and so forth? It was maddening to have these all confusing names. I am sure she tried to explain, but at that time, nothing made sense. I am sure I asked the same to my mother in law as she has added another 5 or 10 more to these varieties. Years later, trying and testing recipes, feeding this brood of mine,...
