Sunday, April 13, 2008

More Kuzhambu


More kuzhambu is a easy making recipe but it tastes great for immediate consumption. Though we we are not much inspired with this dish before, we want to give a try as part of adding it to your recipe list since it is healthy and has the calcium rich ingredient ...curd.

Ingredients
No of persons - 4
  1. Curd - 5-6 tbsp
  2. Onion - 1/2 (chopped)
  3. Tomato - 1(chopped)
  4. Cucumber, Pineapple - (optional)
  5. To grind -
    1. Green chillies - 2
    2. Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
    3. Coconut - 2 tbsp
    4. Garlic - 2 pod
    5. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
    6. Soaked rice - 1 tbsp(soaked for 30 mts)
    7. Soaked channa dal - 1 tbsp(soaked for 30 mts)
  6. Seasoning items
    1. Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
    2. Urad dal - 1/4 tsp
    3. Curry leaves - 6
  7. Garnish - Coriander leaves
Method

Grind green chillies, cumin seeds, garlic, turmeric powder, coconut and soaked rice, dal into a coarse paste
Mix curd with required amount of water so that no lumps are formed.
Add the grinded paste to the curd mixture.
Heat oil in a pan and add seasoning items.
Add onions and tomatoes and fry till it is completely smashed.
Add cucumber to the boiling mixture and fry for few mts
Add the curd mixture and remove from the flame when it starts to boil(do NOT boil the curd mixture)
Garnish with coriander leaves.

Serves best with spicy side dishes like okra/potato fry..

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Sounds very intriguing and health, too! Tx!