Kulambu milagai thool (100 gms)

Description

This is such a versatile spice powder to have on hand. Because they turn any simple dish extraordinary with their touch. You can make any south indian kulambu with this powder, you dont have to worry about any spices and stuffs like that..

Ingredients

Red chilli, coriander seeds, Channa daal, pepper, jeera, turmeric, curry leaves, fennel seeds, Fenugreek seeds.

Preparation method

Soak the tamarind in warm water and squeeze out the juice and keep it aside.

Add shallots and tomato and roast till tomato is mushy,add the grated coconut and fry till coconut turns golden brown. Add 2 table spoon of kulambu milagi thool and fry it. Take all these roasted ingredients to the mixer jar and grind it to a nice paste and set this paste aside.

Heat a teaspoon of oil in a pan. Add sundakkai vatical and fry it till it turns golden brown and set it aside.

Add 2 tablespoon of gingerly oil to the pan. When the oil is hot, add mustard seeds and allow it to sputter. Add bengal gram dal and broken red chili and fry till the dal turns golden brown.

Add curry leaves. Then, add shallots and saute till shallots are transparent.

Then add chopped tomatoes and saute till the tomato becomes mushy. Then add tamarind extract along with salt and allow it to boil till its raw smell goes off. It would take around 5 mins.

Then add the ground kara kuzhambu spice paste and mix well. Adjust the consistency of the kuzhambu by adding water. Allow the kuzhambu to boil in low flame for 5 minutes.

Finally add the roasted sundakkai vathal and cook for another minute and then switch off the flame. Garnish it with coriander leaves.