This kuzhambu is what i recently made and i got a serious addiction to it. It turned out so yummy, i love it to the core. The smell of shallots, garlic and fresh ground masala just lifts you..
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Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..
Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 35 to 40 mins
Serves : 4 to 6
Ingredients:
Oil – 3 to 4 tblspn (preferably gingelly oil)
Mustard Seeds / Kaduku – 1 tsp
Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu – 1 tsp
Dry Red Chillies – 2
Curry Leaves few sprigs
Shallots – 10 peeled
Garlic – 6 peeled
Tomatoes – 1 medium size chopped
Ladyfinger – 10 to 15 chopped
Tamarind pulp – 3 tblspn
Salt to taste
Sugar / Jaggery – 1 tsp
For Roasting & Grinding:
Oil – 1 tsp
Coriander Seeds / Malli – 2 tblspn
Dry Red Chillies – 6 to 10
Coconut – 1/2 cup
Method:
Heat a tsp of oil, add in coriander seeds and saute for a min. Add in chillies and saute till golden. Add in coconut and give a quick toss. Take it in a blender and make it into a fine paste.
Heat some more oil in a kadai. Add in mustard, urad dal, curry leaves and chillies. Saute for a min.
Add in shallots, garlic, tomatoes and cook till tomatoes turn mushy.
Add in ladysfinger and saute for 7 to 10 mins till it gets golden.
Add in salt, sugar and coconut paste. Cook for few mins.
Pour in tamarind pulp along with water.
Bring it to a boil, simmer till oil separates.
Serve with rice.
Pictorial:
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Take all your ingredients |
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Heat a tsp of oil in a pan |
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add in coriander seeds |
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add in dry red chillies |
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saute till it is golden |
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add in coconut |
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saute for few mins |
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Now take it into a blender |
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make it into a smooth puree |
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Heat some more oil in a kadai |
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Add in mustard seeds and urad dal |
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add in some dry red chillies |
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add in some curry leaves |
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Now in goes, shallots, garlic and tomatoes |
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cook till tomatoes turn mushy |
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Add in chopped ladyfingers |
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season with some salt |
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Saute them for a while |
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They will turn little golden |
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Add in the coconut masala |
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and tamarind juice |
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mix well |
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You may add enough water to make it into a gravy |
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Mix well |
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I added a little sugar to balance the tangyness |
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Bring it to a boil |
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Once it boils, simmer the flame and cook till oil floats on top |
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Gravy done |
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Serve |
YUM
Looking very tempting .
I have to try this. This looks so yummy.
Looks very delicious. With rice it will taste heaven.
I tried it today…smokyyyy hot..loved it 🙂 thanks
hi, i tried it today, it tastes superb.. but i wasnt able reach a thicker consistency..
@Anonymousboil it little more till it get thick
Hi, are you able to tell me is the tamarind a gooseberry size or a little bigger?
@Anonymousit totally depends on taste. you can add more or less as needed
Awesome recipe .my mom used to make.thanks for sharing.
Really yummy.. mouth watering. First class!!!!!!
Why u adding sugar aarthi…itgives thesweetness taste…shall i skip…
@Anonymousit balances the taste. u can skip it but a tiny pinch works great in this recipe
very useful site…..
Hi I made the gravy today its yummy. but the taste did not get into the lady's finger .hope you understand what I mean give me suggestions.and what will be the best poriyal for this.?
@siva marancook longer time so the ladies finger will be absorbed..u can served it with raw banana poriyal
thank you. as a regular visitor to your site we would like to know more sweet related recipes like Mysore paagu and so on.I stay so far away from our family. you are our encyclopedia. keep sharing your recipes .Thanks a ton
I tried this recipe. It came out so good. 🙂
Love this curry. We used to get this in the hostel.. was searching for the recipe since then… YUM!!!
Just prepared this dish. Was DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😀 Thank you!!!
That's really great akka 😊 Gonna try soon.. My mom said to use a pinch turmeric powder..can we add?
yes u can add
Can we prepare this by skipping coconut??
no this need coconut
I tried and it came out well thank u for sharing and keep going on
Superb receipe.
Tried at home came very well.
Thank u for the receipe.
Hi Aarthi. I tried this recipe and it tasted good. After keeping it for a few hours, I could see there was some watery thing – like a separation of water and curry. I have seen this in my other curries as well sometimes. There’s some water that starts gathering when I keep it aside for a couple of hours. Am wondering why this happens and how to avoid it. Appreciate your advice. Thanks.
your sidedish looks tempting..can u pls share the link