Friday 11 March 2016

Vendakkai Pulikozhambu

Pulikozhambus are Tamil Nadus favourite recipes. As the name suggests these curries have lot of puli (sour) taste in them and the major contribution to this sourness is from tamarind.

This kozhambu 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... Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

This is best suited for rice although I guess we can try it with dosas too.

Some side dish accompaniments as suggested below



Ingredients

Ladies finger – 12 young, tender
Tamarind – 1 lemon sized ball
Sambar powder – 2 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Sesame oil / Oil – 2 tbslp
Salt – As needed
Garlic – 3 flakes

To saute in oil and grind

Shallots (Small onion) – 12 
Coconut – 1/2 cup

To temper

Oil  - 2 tblsp 
Mustard – 1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds / Vendhayam / Methi – 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves – 1 sprig


Method

  • Cut ladies finger into one inch pieces. Peel small onion, roughly cube tomato, slice garlic into thin circles. 
  • Soak tamarind in 1/2 cup hot water for 30 mins, extract the juice with another 1/2 cup of water. Keep aside. 
  • In a kadai, add a tblsp of sesame oil and fry the ladies finger in medium flame stirring every now and then until the slime goes away and black spots appear here and there. Keep aside. 
  • In the same kadai, fry peeled small onion. Add oil if needed. 
  • Once onion turns transparent,  add coconut and fry for a minute. Transfer to a plate.Let it cool down
  • Mean while, Heat oil for tempering, temper with the items given under ‘To temper’, add sliced garlic. When garlic is fragrant, add the sauteed ladies finger
  • Add extracted tamarind juice, and adjust water so that totally its 2 & 1/2 cups of water. Add turmeric, sambar powder and mix well. Simmer for 8 mins 
  • Meanwhile grind the sauteed onion, tomato, coconut with little water to a paste. Add it to the boiling gravy along with little water
  • Boil for 3 more minutes and until the gravy is thick. It thickens a bit after cooling down, so switch off accordingly 







Enjoy with rice and a side dish of your choice.


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13 comments:

  1. We make dry lady finger in Punjab. so it has aroused my curiosity..bookmarked it

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  2. Slurp slurp, my mouth is just watering here.

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  3. This looks similar to bendakaya (lady's finger) pulusu we make. Mouthwatering gravy.

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  4. Such an inviting gravy, bookmarked it.

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  5. This is one of my fav puli kulambu recipes. Looks so inviting..

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  6. My all time favorite kuzhambu. I substitute okra with onions and with all my fav veggies. Good one

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  7. Oh my! Love vendakkai in puli kuzhambu and your look perfect.

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  8. Wow what a tangy and yummy dish you got there. It sounds so flavorful.

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  9. I have never cooked okra in gravy form.Looks delicious.

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  10. okra's my favorite veg - this looks awesome

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  11. Just by reading the name, my mouth is watering. I just love this type of gravy with plain rice.Two interesting things I noted down. One, the use of garlic, second sesame oil.

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