More (Yogurt Gravy) Kuzhambu | Vendakkai more kulambu | Bhindi yogurt curry | Okra buttermilk curry

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

Ingredients

• Thick buttermilk (1/2 cup curd + 1 1/2 cups water)- 2 cups
• Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
• Ginger- a small piece
• Toor Dal- 1 tsp
• Green Chillies- 2
• Coconut grated- 2 tbs
• Rice- 1 tsp
• Tomato- 1 (small)
• Salt to taste
• Any one of the vegetables (Potato, Beans, Carrot, Cucumber, Ashgourd, Okra, Pumpkin) chopped- 1/2 cup

For Tempering

• Coconut oil/cooking oil- 1 tbsp
• Mustard seeds- 1/4 tsp
• Curry leaves- a few
• Asafoetida- a pinch
  

Preparation

• Soak rice and Toor Dal together for 15 to 20 minutes.
• Add turmeric powder to buttermilk and beat well and keep it aside.
• Grind soaked rice and Dal with coconut, ginger, green Chillies to a fine paste.
• Half boil the vegetables (If you use Okra fry with excess oil separately) in a pan then add the ground paste and salt to it.
• Simmer the flame and add little water to it so that the veggies are cooked fully and the raw smell of the paste goes off. Add the buttermilk to it.
• Heat coconut oil in a frying pan and add the tampering ingredients one by one and fry for a minute.
• Pour the mixture to this pan and mix well.
• Serve with rice.

Note

• More kuzhambu can be prepared without vegetables.
  

Tip

• Potato fry is the best side dish.

How this More Kuzhambu recipe is Unique?

• Tempering in coconut oil makes this More Kuzhmabu unique.

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