You all know my love for making kuzhambu for lunch, i make different varieties of that each day to pair with my lunch menu. One of my favorite of that is vathal kuzhambu, love it so much.
This is a different way of making vathal kuzhambu, i added some maa vathal and brinjal in this to make it more tasty. Since there is maa vathal added in this, you dont have to add tamarind. Will soon share the recipe for making maa vathal at home, this time i used the one which my mom gave me..So try this out and let me know how it turned out for you..
Preparation Time : 5 mins
Cooking Time : 35 to 40 mins
Serves : 4 to 5
Ingredients:
Onion - 1 medium size chopped
Garlic - 6 cloves
Brinjal - 1 cubed
Maa Vatral / Maa Vathal - 10 pieces
Chilli Powder - 1 tblspn
Coriander Powder / Malli Podi - 3 tblspn
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Sugar - 1 tsp
Rice Flour / Arisi Mavu - 1 tblspn
Water - 3 cup
For Tempering:
Gingelly Oil / Nala Ennai - 3 tblspn
Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
Urad dal / Ulundu paruppu - 1 tsp
Dry Red Chilli - 2
Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi - ¼ tsp
Fenugreek Seeds / Vendayam / Methi Seeds- ½ tsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
Method:
Heat oil in a sauce pan. Add in all the tempering stuffs and saute for a min.
Now add in onions, garlic and saute for a couple of mins.
Add in brinjal and maa vatral and saute for 5 mins.
Now add in spice powders and salt, mix well. Let it cook for a min.
Add in water and bring it to boil, add in sugar and mix well. Cover and simmer for 15 to 20 mins till everything is cooked.
Now mix rice flour with some water and make a slurry. Pour this into the curry and mix well. Simmer it for 5 mins.
Serve this with rice.
Pictorial:
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| Take your ingredients..You need some rice flour too.. |
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| My mom gave me these homemade maa vathal for me, i used that |
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| seasoning ingredients |
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| spice powders and salt |
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| heat oil in a sauce pan |
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| add seasoning ingredients |
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| Add in asafoetida |
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| Add in onions and garlic |
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| add in chopped brinjal |
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| saute for a min |
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| add in maa vathal |
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| saute again |
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| add salt and spice powders |
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| mix well |
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| Pour some water |
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| mix well |
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| bring it to boil |
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| add sugar |
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| cover and simmer |
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| Once it is cooked, mix rice flour and water to make a paste.. |
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| Add the rice flour mix in and simmer for 5 mins |
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| Serve |
Mazzini Arun
you r tempting me...mmm..yummy...but where can I get this maa vathal..
Aarthi
@Mazzini ArunYou can find it in super markets, in the section where they have vadam.