Vatha kuzhambu

Ingredients


Tamarind (puli) - size of lemon
Mustard - 1 teaspoon
Bengal gram (kadalai paruppu) - 1 tablespoon
Urid dhal (ulutham paruppu) - 1 tablespoon
Thoor dhal (thuvaram paruppu) - 1 tablespoon
Vendhayam (fenu greek) - 1/2 teaspoon
Red chilly - 6
Kuzhambu podi - 2 tablespoon
Gingely oil (nallennai) - 6 tablespoon
Asafoetida powder
Salt - 2 teaspoon


Preparation
  1. Prepare 2 tumblers of tamarind water by thoroughly sqeezing tamarind in water
  2. Heat gingely oil in a pan
  3. Add asafoetida and mustard. Allow mustard to burst
  4. Add bengal gram, urid dhal, thoor dhal, chilly, vendhayam and fry till they turn red
  5. Add kozhambu podi in the pan
  6. Add the tamarind water
  7. Boil for 10 minutes
  8. Add curry leaves and turn off the stove
Drumstick vathakuzhambu : Add chopped drumstick and boil along with tamarind (Step 6 above)

Sundakkai (or) manathakkaali vatha kuzhambu : Fry any one of these in a separate pan, with a teaspoon of gingely oil. Add this along with curry leaves as a final step.

Brinjal (or) ladies finger vatha kuzhambu :  Add any one of this in step 4 above and fry along with them.

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17 comments:

  1. Anonymous31 August 2013 at 16:21

    we don't use drumstick in thaligai

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  2. Anonymous12 March 2014 at 08:01

    Strictly speaking we don't use Onions!

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  3. Anonymous16 April 2014 at 22:53

    You must be stupid not to use onions. you dont know what you are missing out in life. you boring person.

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    1. Anonymous31 January 2015 at 01:36

      Am sure the person knows what he/she is actually benefitting from life!! BTW, it's you that's missing the 'meaning' of life, leave alone missing out things in life, you superficial being!! And oh, hope you get to learn what life actually is and then go get some of it! OK?! Atta boy/girl...whatever!

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    2. Unknown1 April 2016 at 09:14

      oru saadahrna vath kozhambu ku sanda podadheenga pa. !! cha.

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  4. Josna31 August 2014 at 12:21

    Iyengar authentic sapaad without all tapsic and rajasic food is simply divine....Hail the sathwik food!!

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  5. Anonymous3 July 2015 at 18:50

    thks...I tried on this basis and was perfect.

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  6. nn7 March 2016 at 12:46

    Superb taste !Please do post more recipes...

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  7. Unknown24 September 2016 at 01:26

    Hello Mam, Very nice and useful information on all recipes. Thanks for your kainkaryam its helps us a lot. I am living in USA I normally use Tamarind paste so pl tell me how much amount paste I can use to prepare this?

    Adiyen

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  8. T.Vijayaraghavan24 September 2016 at 01:50

    Hello Mam, Very nice and useful information on all recipes. Thanks for your kainkaryam its helps us a lot. I am living in USA I normally use Tamarind paste so pl tell me how much amount paste I can use to prepare this?

    Adiyen

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    1. Iyengar Thaligai31 October 2016 at 10:26

      Hello sir, Haven't tried with paste. Prepare 2 tumblers of tamarind water using 1 spoon of paste first. Then change this proportion next time according to result.

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  9. Anonymous26 December 2019 at 22:27

    It was a too sour. What could have gone wrong?

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    1. Anonymous7 March 2020 at 09:17

      Depends on what brand you use . If you used 2 tbsp try diluting with 1 tbsb to make two cups of tamarind water .

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  10. Unknown26 May 2021 at 20:15

    15 years since I cooked.checked online for Iyer Vatha kuzhambu, after making Ven Pongal. Now reading this one... this is closer to what we used to make. It's all in the seasoning. Nice. Thanks for your posts!

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  11. Venkatarajan Srinivasan9 November 2022 at 06:14

    Good and easy.. When to put salt.. just added when boiling 🙏👍👌

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    1. Anonymous9 November 2022 at 06:16

      Also added frozen karna kizahngu and tried frozen drumstick..

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