Vendaya Kulambu - Iyengar Style

 

Yay..Weekend is arrived..Its like yesterday I told the same thing to you, but 1 week has passed so soon...This shows that days are going do fast and 2012 is going to arrive soon..

Ok Now coming back to the recipe..This one is a typical iyengar recipe which I got from one of my collegue who gave the vendaikai mor kulambu recipe..I am happy that she did, because it was so yummy and mouth watering.

This is one of the tangy and tongue tickling recipe..Perfect to have with a plate full of piping hot rice..Nothing can better than this.

I hope you love it and tell me how it came..I am giving you step by step recipe with pictures as usual.

Ingrediants:

LadysFinger / Vendaikai-10 chopped

Brinjal – 1 chopped

Tamarind- a small lemon size

Oil-3 tblspn

Salt to taste

For Roasting & Grinding:

Coriander seeds / Malli-1 tblspn

Fenugreek seeds / Vendayam -1 tsp

Toor Dal / Tuvaram Paruppu-1 tblspn

Urad dal / Ulundam Parupu-1 tsp

Dry Red Chilli-5

Oil-1 tsp

For Seasoning / Tempering:

Oil-1 tblspn

Fenugreek seeds / Vendayam - ½ tsp

Toor Dal / Tuvaram Paruppu-1 tsp

Urad dal / Ulundam Parupu-1 tsp

Dry Red Chilli-1

Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi- ¼ tsp

Curry leaves for garnishing

Method:

Heat 1 tsp of oil and fry all the ingrediants given in roasting list till golden..Remove this and grind into a smooth paste by adding some water.

Heat 3 tblspn of oil and fry brinjal and ladys finger for 5 mins.

Pour in tamarind water and mix well.Now add in ground masala and mix well.

Season with salt and bring this to boil..Cover and simmer for 15 mins.

Now make seasoning by heating oil and crackle in toor dal, urad dal, asafoetida, fenugreek seeds, dry red chilli and curry leaves.

Now pour this over the gravy and mix well.

Serve hot with rice.

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Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Your ingrediants for roasting

fry toor dal in oil

add in urad dal and red chilli

add in fenugreek

and fry till golden.

remove and take it in a blender

add water and make into a puree

take your veggies

chop it up

heat oil

add your veggies

fry for 5 mins

veggies fried

pour in tamarind water

and your ground masala

mix well

season with salt

cover and simmer

untill thickens and oil separates

ingrediants for seasoning

crackle toor dal and urad dal

add in hing

and red chilli

add in curry leaves

pour this over the curry

mix well

You are done..

Serve

with some rice