Saturday, May 4, 2013

Kara Kuzhambu

This Kara kuzhambu is one of my favourites and I learnt it from my Grandmother.It tastes great with hot steaming rice accompanied by Potato curry and Papad.


Kara Khuzhambu

Kara Khuzhambu

Ingredients:


Tamarind
Small lime size
Salt
As needed
Gingelly oil
1 tblsp
Small onions
½ cup
Mustard seeds
1 tsp
Curry  leaves
 As needed
To Roast and grind
Channa dhal
2 tsp
Coriander seeds
3 tsp
Red chilli(see Note below)
4
Methi seeds(Vendayam)
½ tsp
Asafoetida
A generous pinch
Oil(for roasting the spices)
½ tsp

Method:
spice powder for kara khuzhambu

Kara khuzhambu preparation

Kara Khuzhambu

  • Take a fry pan,add oil and roast the items given under 'To roast and grind' table.Cool and grind to a fine powder.
  • Take a kadai,add little gingelly oil and fry the small onions till it turns golden brown.
  • Extract two cups of tamarind juice from the tamarind extract.Take this tamarind juice,salt,fried small onions and cook for few minutes till the raw smell of the tamarind goes off completely.
  • Now mix the ground spice powder with little water to make a paste and add to the kuzhambu.Mix well and cook in low flame for about 5 mins.
  • When the kuzhambu thickens in consistency,switch off the flame.
  • Take some oil in a pan,add mustard seeds followed by curry leaves and once the mustard seeds splutter add it to the kuzhambu.Kara kuzhambu is ready to serve.
Note:
  • Increase or decrease the red chilli to suit your spice level.
  • You can also add some cooked baby potatoes roasted in oil for some time and add to the kuzhambu along with small onions.

8 comments:

  1. looks yummy.this name is new for me..

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  2. kulambu looks so good..love to eat with hot rice & ghee

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  3. I have run out of curry recipes and thanks for this interestingly flavored one. My other half must have curries so I will make it for him. As usual, we love curries with rice.

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  4. We do it for vatha kuzhambu similarly.

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  5. . I tried this.Yummmmmm!!!!!!!.
    savithri sumanth.

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