Recipes
Thenga Aracha Kuzhambu Recipe
Prep Time | 5 minutes |
Cook Time | 25 minutes |
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Ingredients
- 1 drumstick cut into finger sized pieces
- 100 grams pumpkin cubed
- A medium sized ball of tamarind
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- salt to taste
- 1 tsp jaggery
To grind
- 1/2 tsp urad dal
- 1 tsp fenugreek seeds
- 4 dry red chilies
- 1 1/2 cup Coconut
As tempering
- 2 tsp coconut oil
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- a few curry leaves
Ingredients
To grind
As tempering
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Instructions
- Soak the tamarind in two cups of hot water for ten minutes.
- Extract and discard the pulp.
- Boil the pumpkin, drumsticks, turmeric powder and salt on a medium flame until the vegetables are cooked.
- While they are cooking, fry the urad dal, fenugreek seeds and red chilies in half a teaspoon of oil.
- Once fried, add the coconut to this mixture and grind it with a little water into a smooth paste.
- After the vegetables cook, add the ground paste to the kuzhambu.
- Stir well, and allow it to simmer on a low flame.
- Once the kuzhambu starts to froth, remove it from the heat.
- Fry the curry leaves and mustard seeds in the oil.
- Add the tempering to the kuzhambu, stir and then serve.