Friday, 12 August 2011

Pongal kulambu

Vegetables like white ashgourd, yellow ash gourd, avarakkai, clusterbeans, mochaiparuppu, snake gourd, raw banana, brinjal, chenaikizangu, cheppankizangu, koorkankizangu, sweet potato are best suited.

Next come carrot, potato & peas.

Avoid ladies’ finger, drumstick, bitter gourd etc.

Even though the no: is 7, you can add 9, 11 or even 13 vegetables !

Cut into cubes as for sambar.

Vegetables - 4 cups

Tamarind paste - 1 tbsp

Salt, haldi

Cooked tur dhal - ½ cup

To fry in 1 tsp oil & grind to a paste:

Red chillies - 5,6
Pepper - 1 tsp

Methi seeds - ½ tsp

Dhaniya - 3 tsp

Gram dhal - 2 tsp

Hing - 1 tsp

Grated coconut - 2 tbsp

To temper:

Oil - 1 tbsp

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Red chillies - 2,3

Curry leaves - few

Grated coconut - 2 tbsp

Boil vegetables in water to which haldi & salt are added.

When the vegetables are cooked soft, add the tamarind paste, cooked dhal & the ground paste.

Boil again & when the correct consistency is reached, remove & temper as given.

The coconut shlould become golden coloured.

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