Chettinad Poondu Kuzhambu Recipe
Chettinad Poondu Kuzhambu with step by step pictures. Spicy poondu kuzhambu made chettinad style taste delicious with rice.
Ingredients
- Oil - 3 tblspn
- Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
- Asafoetida / Kaya Podi / Hing - a pinch
- Curry Leaves a handful
- Shallots /Sambar Onion - 10 peeled
- Garlic - 20 cloves peeled
- Tomato - 1 large chopped finely
- Tamarind - gooseberry size
- Salt to taste
- Sugar - ½ tsp
- Water as needed
- For Roasting & Grinding:
- Coriander Seeds / Malli - 2 tblspn
- Dry Red Chillies - 5 to 7
- Chana Dal / Kadalai Paruppu - 1 tblspn
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
- Black Pepper - 1 tsp
- Fenugreek Seeds / Vendayam / Methi - ½ tsp
- Oil - 1 tsp
Instructions
- Soak tamarind in some water for 15 mins. Squeeze and strain the pulp.
- Heat a teaspoon of oil in a kadai. Add in all the roasting ingredients and saute till golden. Remove it in a blender and grind it till smooth.
- Heat 3 tblspn oil in a kadai. Add in mustard seeds, asafoetida, curry leaves and saute for a min.
- Add in shallots, garlic and saute for a min.
- Add in tomatoes and cook till it gets mushy.
- Pour in the ground masala and salt. Cook till raw smell leaves away.
- Pour in tamarind juice and some water if needed.
- Bring this to a boil, cover and simmer till oil separates.
- Now add in some sugar and mix well.
- Serve over rice.
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