Puli kuzhambu is one of the delicious and lip smacking curry recipes made in tamilnadu. The smell of shallots, garlic and masalas just lifts you.. Traditionally brinjal and drumstick are added to this kuzhambu. But you can make with ladies finger or turkey berry or even with bitter gourd too.This kuzhambu tastes heavenly with curd rice.

INGREDIENTS:

2 to 3 brinjal (small)

2 drumsticks (murungaikkai)

4 + 6 pearl onion (shallots)

1 tomato

2 cups tamarind water

3 tablespoons coconut (scrapped)

½ teaspoon fennel seeds

2 tablespoons sambar powder

2 teaspoon red chilly powder

1 teaspoon turmeric powder

3 tablespoons sesame oil

¼ teaspoon mustard seeds

¼ teaspoon fenugreek seeds

Few curry leaves

Salt to taste

INSTRUCTIONS:

Chop the drumsticks and brinjal into desired sizes. Peel the shallots and finely chop the tomato.

Grind the 4 shallots, coconut, fennel seeds, red chilly powder, turmeric powder and sambar powder into fine paste by adding little water.

In a bowl, take the tamarind extract(taken from 1 medium gooseberry sized tamarind) and add above paste, brinjal, drumstick and salt. Mix well and keep aside.

In a pan add sesame oil. when it is heated, add mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds and curry leaves. When mustard seeds splutters, add peeled shallots and chopped tomato and saute for a min.

Now add the veggie, masala, tamarind water mix to this and keep this pan covered till it comes to boil.

When it starts boiling. take out the lid and let it boil in a medium flame. When the oil oozes out from the edges, the gravy reaches the kuzhambu consistency.

Switch off the flame, garnish and serve !!!

Note:

Make this kuzhambu in morning and have it for lunch wih hot plain rice. It will be more tasty