Milagu kuzhambu

Cuisine Style: South India | Cooking Time: 15 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Take with: rice | Type: Lunch Gravy

Ingredients

• Peppercorns - 2 tbsp
• Fenugreek - 2 tsp *
• Red Chillies - 3
• Asafoetida – ½ tbsp
• Tamarind – 75 gm
• Bengal gram Dal - 1 tbsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp
• Jaggery -Lemon Size
• Oil
• Salt - To taste
• A few Curry leaves
• *Dry roast (dont add oil for frying) fenugreek and grind to fine powder.

Preparation

• Soak tamarind for 5 minutes in warm water.
• Dry roast and grind the following ingredients Peppercorns, Red Chillies, Bengal gram Dal, Coriander seeds, with little water.
• Heat oil in a Pan and add the mustard seeds and allow it to splutter then sprinkle Asafoetida.
• Sprinkle fenugreek powder over the mixture.
• Add the tamarind paste and salt. Cover, simmer and cook till the raw smell of tamarind goes off.
• Then add Jaggery, the ground paste, and little water and allow it to boil.
• Simmer it for 5 minutes and finally add 2 tbsp of oil and chopped Curry leaves.
• Serve with boiled rice.

Note

• To make Milagu Kuzhambu thick add ground rice before cooking. Vadagam(Made from ground rice) is the best side dish for Milagu Kuzhambu.
  

Tip

• To bring more taste pour gingelly oil.

How this Milagu kuzhambu recipe is Unique?

• Coriander seeds and Jaggery bring extra taste to Milagu Kuzhambu.

Milagu kuzhambu

Pepper tamarind curry