Chettinad Mochai Kara Kuzhambu Recipe – Mochai Kottai Kuzhambu Recipe with step wise pictures.
Chettinad style mochai kara kuzhambu goes great with plain rice and any poriyal or just with some papad. Super delicious kuzhambu.
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Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.
கார குழம்பு / Kara Kulambu / Brinjal & Drumsticks Cooked in a Spicy Onion Coconut Gravy
- Mochai - 2 cups
- Oil - ¼ cup
- Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
- Urad dal / Ulundu paruppu - 1 tsp
- Curry leaves - a handful
- Onion - 1 chopped
- Garlic - 6 cloves peeled
- Tomato - 1 chopped
- Chilli Powder - 1 tblsp
- Coriander Powder - 3 tblsp
- Turmeric Powder -1 tsp
- Tamarind - 1 small lime size
- Water as needed
- Salt to taste
- Sugar or Jaggery to taste
- Fennel Seeds / Saunf / Sombu - 2 tsp
- Gingelly Oil - 2 tblsp
- Onion - 1 chopped
- Tomato - 1 chopped
- Garlic - 4
- Coconut - ½ cup grated
- Soak mochai overnight. Take it in a cooker, add salt and water. Pressure cook for 6 whistle, simmer the flame and cook for 15 mins. Turn off the heat and let the steam go by itself. Set aside.
- Heat oil in a pan. Add fennel seeds and let it sizzle. Add onions, garlic and tomatoes. Saute for 2 mins. Add coconut and stir fry for 3 to 4 mins. Take it off the heat and puree till smooth.
- Heat oil in the same pan, Add in mustar, urad dal and curry leaves. Let them sizzle.
- Add onions, garlic, tomatoes and cook till soft.
- Add spice powders, salt and mix well.
- Add in tamarind water, water, ground masala, salt and sugar. Bring it to a boil, simmer for 15 to 20 mins till oil floats on top.
- Serve.
Pictorial:
1)Soak mochai overnight in water. Soak it and take it in a pressure cooker.
2)Add salt.
3)Add water
4)Cover and pressure cook for 6 whistle. Then simmer for 15 mins. Turn off the flame and check whether it is done or not. set this aside.
5)In a pan heat some oil.crackle in some fennel seeds
6)Add in onions, garlic and tomatoes
7)Saute them for a min.
8)Add coconut
9)Mix well. Stir fry for 1 to 2 mins.
10)Take it in a blender
11)Puree till smooth.
12)Heat some more gingelly oil in a pan, add mustard and urad dal.
13)Add in curry leaves
14)Add onions, garlic and tomatoes
15)Mix well, cook till it softens
16)Add in chilli powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder.
17)Mix well.
18)Add in cooked mochai
19)Mix well
20)Add in tamarind pulp
21)Add in the mochai cooking liquid too.
22)Add in the ground masala.
23)Mix well. add more water if needed.
24)Add salt to taste
25)Add in a touch of sugar or jaggery
26)Bring it to a good boil.
27)Simmer till oil floats on top.
28)It took me around 20 mins
29)Serve
What is mocha in Hindi
It is called as vaal beans
Can we use fresh green mochai
yes u can
Dear arthi, Would like to know how much is lime sized tamarind in weighing scale grams ?
Was having mochai and was not knowing what to do with it😂.. Ur blog will give solutions to many people like me. Thank u so much for the recipe.. Will try it out and let u know soon.
Wow, absolutely loved the out come of the recipe. Felt like home after eating with rice and appalam. Thank you.