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Vendaya Kulambu – Iyengar Style

November 4, 2011 By Aarthi 25 Comments

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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.
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
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Filed Under: Brinjal, Fenugreek, Gravy Dishes, Iyengar, Kulambu, Recent Recipes, Southindian

About Aarthi

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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  1. Chandani Shrestha

    November 4, 2011 at 3:04 pm

    Hi Aarthi, Thank you so much for visiting my blog. I am already loving your blog. The instruction with pictures and use of spices I am sure girl we are going to be best buds.

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  2. The Foodie Traveller

    November 4, 2011 at 3:07 pm

    So so mouthwatering……..

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  3. rtoram

    November 4, 2011 at 3:19 pm

    Good photos. You have used earthern pots which would add more taste.

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  4. Pari

    November 4, 2011 at 3:19 pm

    Hi. I loved going through the pictorial, very well explained dear and the curry looks delicious.

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  5. Chitra

    November 4, 2011 at 3:54 pm

    lovely spicy gravy

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  6. Tina

    November 4, 2011 at 5:17 pm

    Delicious kulambu..Yummy.

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  7. Uma

    November 4, 2011 at 5:52 pm

    Looks so tempting and delicious. Nice dish.
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  8. MyKitchen Flavors-BonAppetit!.

    November 4, 2011 at 6:06 pm

    Wow!,wonderful step/step Vendhaya Kuzhambu recipe Dear.

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  9. sangee vijay

    November 4, 2011 at 7:24 pm

    wow…vendaya kuzhambu looks super spicy and finger looking good…next time will try this way adding freshly ground spices…looks great n thanx for the recipe!!

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  10. Madhavi

    November 4, 2011 at 7:31 pm

    WOW WOW WOW what a post. Love this curry and amazing clicks, jus mouthwatering :))

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  11. maystar

    November 4, 2011 at 7:39 pm

    excellent dish

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  12. hello

    November 4, 2011 at 7:40 pm

    excellent

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  13. Suja

    November 4, 2011 at 7:47 pm

    Delicious gravy,curry looks so yummy..will surely try this.

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  14. Uma

    November 4, 2011 at 8:00 pm

    Kudos to you!!! I admire your EACH step photos for recipe. Keep rocking!!! Recipe looks awesome too.

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  15. Krithi's Kitchen

    November 4, 2011 at 8:22 pm

    Slurrp.. droolwrthy kulambu..
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  16. ANU

    November 4, 2011 at 8:56 pm

    love it dear….yumm

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  17. Jay

    November 5, 2011 at 1:23 am

    sounds yummm n inviting…
    great cliks..
    btw …your new template is rocking…love it aarthi..;)
    Tasty Appetite

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  18. Suma Gandlur

    November 5, 2011 at 3:02 am

    Very delicious one!

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  19. Balakrishna Saraswathy

    November 5, 2011 at 3:16 am

    A plate of steaming rice is all I need to have this mouth-watering vendaya kulambu dear…

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  20. Priya's Feast

    November 5, 2011 at 4:45 am

    Wow…that luks the real iyengar vendaya kulambu.I luv that man panai,i've the same one.

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  21. Daksha

    November 5, 2011 at 6:45 am

    Hi Aarthi, This dish is new for me but must try because my son love bhindi and i like eggplant:). Ur clay pot is really nice.

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  22. Sweet Pumpkin

    November 5, 2011 at 8:45 am

    What a great blog you have. Your food has so much colour and I can practically smell the spices. Congratulations.

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  23. Lakshmi Sowmya

    July 21, 2012 at 7:31 pm

    I love your blog.. i tried this and it tasted so yummy !!!

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  24. Lakshmi Sowmya

    July 21, 2012 at 7:32 pm

    You have a great blog… i love all ur recipes

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  25. Anonymous

    September 24, 2016 at 6:44 am

    hi super dish
    ..!!i have doubt i try this my curry is little bit bitter .

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