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    Brinjal Puli Kulambu / Brinjals Cooked in a Spicy Tamarind Sauce

    December 4, 2011 By Aarthi 39 Comments

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    Puli kulambu is one of our family favorite and amma makes it more than twice in a week. Each time she uses different vegetables to make puli kulambu. Sometimes she makes with drumsticks, sometimes with onions alone, sometimes with onions and garlic..The flavours of this varies each time according to the vegetables.

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    I love to add lots of garlic in my kulambu. Specially if you have those big fat chinese garlic, it taste so good. The garlic gets cooked and absorbs all juices from the gravy and taste divine.

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    I made this gravy yesterday along with drumstick leaves thoran and colocasia roast masala for lunch..It was a pretty good meal..So here you go to the step by step recipe with pictures.

    Ingrediants:

    Brinjal – 2 large chopped
    Onion-1 chopped

    Tomato-2 chopped

    Garlic – 10 pods

    Tamarind – 1 small lime size( I used 1 tblspn of tamarind puree)

    Chilli Powder-2 tsp

    Coriander Powder / Malli – 1 tblspn

    Turmeric Powder / Manjal podi – 1 tsp

    Salt to taste

    Sugar / Jaggery – 1 tsp

    Oil- 3 tblspn

    For Seasonings:

    Oil-1 tblspn

    Mustard Seeds / Kaduku – 1 tsp

    Curry leaves – 1 spring

    Method:

    Heat oil in a kadai..Add onions and tomatoes and mix well.

    Add garlic and mix well. Cook everything for 5 mins.

    Now add turmeric, chilli and coriander powder and mix well.Season with salt and sugar.

    Now add brinjals and mix well so that everything gets coated with the masala.

    Pour some water so that it forms a gravy. Add tamarind paste and mix well.

    Bring this to a boil and simmer for 15-20 mins untill everything is cooked and the gravy gets little thicker.

    Now make Seasoning by heating oil and crackling mustard and curry leaves.

    Pour this over the gravy and mix well.

    Serve hot with rice.

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    Take all your ingrediants
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    Prepare your veggies
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    saute onions in oil
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    till it gets translucent
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    add tomatoes and mix well
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    add in garlic cloves as well
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    add turmeric powder
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    now goes chilli & coriander powder
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    season this with salt and sugar
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    mix everything well
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    add brinjal in this
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    give it a stir
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    pour some water
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    and your tamarind paste
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    bring this to a boil
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    simmer untill everything is cooked and gravy gets little thicker
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    make seasoning and pour over the gravy
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    enjoy with rice
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    Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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    Comments

    1. CaySera

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      hmmm....slurpp!! that looks yummy aarthi.....

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    2. Plateful

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      I'm not much on brinjal but I'm huge on tangy flavored curries. This looks delish!

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    3. Archana

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      Looks so yummy. I could eat it by the bowlfuls

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    4. faseela

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      i have not made curry with egg plant .....will try this......superb

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    5. divya

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      OMG! am drooling here...love it!

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    6. Manju

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      Sounds great...ur step by step guide always helps the most....I'm amazed by ur patience.

      Regards,
      Manju
      http://manjuseatingdelights.blogspot.com

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    7. Christy Gerald

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      Yumm and super Good.Luv it

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    8. Pushpa

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      Nice chatti adds to the yumminess of the kuzhambu,tangy and perfect.

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    9. Chitra

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      perfect gravy to hav with white rice

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    10. Suja

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      Yummy ans tangy kulambu..love the presentation

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    11. Anonymous

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      This may be your greatest piece on the net!!!

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    12. Torviewtoronto

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      delicious curry looks wonderful

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    13. Balakrishna Saraswathy

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      The gravy looks so delicious and I have have few more servings f rice..btw the wok looks fabulous with nice work..

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    14. Sobha Shyam

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      delicious and tangy brinjal curry

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    15. Valarmathi Sanjeev

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      Yummy recipe...looks absolutely delicious

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    16. Maayeka

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      tempting and delicious ....i must try this

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    17. Tina

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      delicious tangy curry...yumm.

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    18. Sharmilee! :)

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      Anytime fav..looks so tempting with rice

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    19. Roshan

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      very spicy and appetizing curry....

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    20. Priya

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      Slurp,super tempting and fingerlicking puli kuzhambu..

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    21. Ganga Sreekanth

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      very nice. love it!!

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    22. Sushma Mallya

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      Looks delicious ...u have such lovely authentic collection of recipes ...v well explained!

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    23. Rosita Vargas

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      me encanta con esa exquisita salsa,abrazos grandes.

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    24. ANU

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      very nice....luv the presentation!

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    25. soujanya

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      perfect gravy with rice..looks yumm..

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    26. Shema George

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      i luv brinjal..will definitely try this as it looks very delicious
      LifeScoops

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    27. Jay

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      just mouthwatering flavors...irresistable..;)
      Tasty Appetite

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    28. Purabi Naha

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      This dish is truly looking very yummy! I must try this ASAP!

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    29. Nags

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      that's brilliant! 🙂

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    30. Manidipa Bhaumik

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      Wow..You have captured each step picture.Looks really good.
      Thanks for such posts.

      Manidipa
      http://www.manidipa-kitchen.blogspot.com

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    31. trek123

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      Thats a lovely dish... Brinjal with tamarind is one of my all time favourite dish.Excellent step by step presentation.I tried it straight away.

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    32. Anonymous

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      This is very good. Nice and simple procedure for beginners. Appreciate the post!

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    33. Venkata Manjusha

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      Hi,

      I have tried this kulambu. It came out very well.. Thanks alot for posting!

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    34. morri

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      Guess what happened - when I was shopping, a seller at the market gave me two brinjals for free! (said they were wilted anyway) I wanted to make the Srilankan chicken this weekend, but I made this kulambu instead. Nice and tasty, and it's not as spicy as your typical curry.

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    35. OmKeerthi

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      Nice presentation.. Where did you buy your man chatti... Want to buy one.. Please tell...

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    36. Aarthi

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      @OmKeerthii got it from my super market, it is called as lynns

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    37. priya sri

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      Hi Arthi

      I got a black manchatti cured it with rice kanji but when I tried to boil water or do seasoning with oil I see that the water or oil jus seeps through the bottom when in contact with heat

      Is this normal or do I have to get a new one as this one s defective

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    38. priya sri

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      Hi

      I got a black manchatti , cured it with rice kanji but when I tried to boil water or do seasoning with oil I see that the water or oil jus seeps through the bottom when in contact with heat

      Is this normal

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    39. Aarthi

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      @priya srikeep on heating it, i think it will be fixed

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