Kondaikadalai Masala Kuzhambu

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Ingredients

  • Kondaikadalai – 1 cup
  • Tamarind – Lemon size
  • Salt – 2 teaspoon
  • Sambar Powder – 1 heaped tablespoon
  • Turmeric powder – 1/2 teaspoon
  • Coconut gratings – 2 tablespoon
  • Sombu – 2 teaspoon
  • Oil – 2 tablespoon
  • Mustard – 1 teaspoon
  • Cinnamon stick – a small piece
  • Sambar Onion – 10 Nos
  • Tomato – 1
  • Curry leaves – few

Directions

  1. Soak kondaikadalai over night or atleast 8 hours. Pressure cook the soaked kadalai for three to four whistles.
  2. Soak tamarind and salt in one cup of water.
  3. Squeeze out the tamarind and extract the juice. Add more water and again take out the remaining juice. The tamarind juice should be of 3 cups. Add sambar powder and turmeric powder to the tamarind juice. Add cooked kondaikadalai and tomato cut into four pieces. Mix well and bring to boil.
  4. Grind the coconut and one teaspoon of sombu to a fine paste. Add to the boiling kuzhambu. Stir well. Allow to boil in a low flame for few more minutes.
  5. In a kadai put the oil and when it is hot add mustard. When it pops up, add cinnamon stick, 1 teaspoon sombu and fry for a while. Then add the sambar onions chopped finely along with curry leaves. Fry well and add this seasoning to the boiling kuzhambu. Remove from stove and serve with hot rice or roti.

11 Comments

  1. Anonymous
    March 14, 2011 at 10:03 pm  ·  Reply

    Hi Kamala,
    Your blog is my recent find… Hv to appreciate you for this wonderful blog.. Keep up the good work.. Hv bookmarked this recipe..

  2. SugirthaPradeep
    November 2, 2012 at 11:09 am  ·  Reply

    hello mam,
    thankyou for sharing with us ……

  3. poonguzhali santhanam
    November 8, 2012 at 7:05 am  ·  Reply

    hi kamala, thanks a lot for all your recipes. i try all your recipes for my daily menu.

  4. Nithya
    October 18, 2013 at 4:11 am  ·  Reply

    This is another masterpeice.. I tried it with Aval Kozhukattai from your blog & this Kondaikadalai masala kuzhambu combination was awesome… Thanks for posting nice recipes!

  5. manimegalai
    December 27, 2013 at 9:33 pm  ·  Reply

    Nice

  6. manimegalai
    December 27, 2013 at 9:38 pm  ·  Reply

    Mam choya, butter beens kulambu different a eppadi vaipathu? Plz

  7. Mahalakshmi P
    April 24, 2016 at 6:42 pm  ·  Reply

    What side dish will suit this kulambu?…mam

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