This is one of my childhood favorite dish and one of my aunt's (Chithi) signature dish! She is also a great cook, just like my Amma. I remember very well that everytime I go to her house OR she visits us I ask her to make this and enjoy! 😃 Even now, when I go home for vacation, she remembers my 'aaval' towards this and she makes it for me! -Hope you all like it too.
Kuruma Kuzhambu
Ingredients:
Potatoes - 3 to 4
Tomato - 2
Onion - 1 Big
Garlic - 5 gloves
Ginger - 1/2 inch
Coconut - 1/2 cup or more
Fennel seeds (sombu) - 1 tbsp
Cinnamon sticks (pattai) - 2
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
Tamarind - 1 lemon size (OR) Paste
Oil - 3 tsp
Curry leaves - a few
Method:
Chop the onion and Tomato and keep it ready.
Soak & extract the Tamarind water, if you are not going to use paste. Otherwise, dilute the paste in little water and keep the tamarind water ready.
Wash , Cut the potatoes into big cubes. (preferably with skin.)
Grind Garlic, Ginger, Sombu & coconut into a paste.
In a pan, put oil and add the cinnamon sticks (break into pieces) and fry for few seconds.
With this add cut onion and tomato and fry for a minute. Then add the curry leaves and the potato pieces and fry for 2-3 minutes.
Add the coconut paste now and fry in a low flame.
Now pour 1 1/2 cups of water and add Chilli powder and salt. Also add coriander powder and mix well.
After mixing everything well, close the pan with a lid and let it cook for about 8 minutes.
Now open the lid and add the tamarind water and mix and let this boil for 2-5 minutes.
'Gama gama' Kuruma Kuzhambu is ready. Enjoy! 😊
Edited by supree - 16 years ago
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