I cooked this for my hubby. Few years back he had it from some brahmin hotel and now he want to taste it again. As i have no idea about the recipe , i asked some friends but of no use and I know my mom and MIL too will have no idea...
What next ???yeah googling. Gone through various recipes and finally from youtube i got this which was made by a grandma. Ofcourse I trust grandmas like my sweet granny. Today tried it and got thumbs up from him too :)….So the recipe is here for u you all…Happy cooking...
Ingredients:
| Manathakkali vathal ( Dried wonder berry) | 1 fist full |
| Shallots/Big Onion | 15(chopped or whole )/1(chopped) |
| Garlic | 6 cloves(finely chopped) |
| Sambar Powder (home made) | 2 tbl spoon |
| Turmeric Powder | 1/2 tspoon |
| Tamarind | 1 gooseberry size (Soak in water, extract the juice and add 2 cups of water to it ) |
| Salt | to taste |
| Tomato (optional) | 1(chopped) |
| Jaggery (optional) | 1 tspoon |
for tempering:
| Sesame Oil | 2 tbl spoon |
| Mustard | 1 tspoon |
| Fenugreek seed | 1/2 tspoon |
| Urad Dal | 1/2 tspoon |
| Toor Dal | 1/2 tsppon |
| Cumin Seed | 1/4 tspoon |
| Curry Leaves | 1 sprig |
Preparation:
(1) Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard. Once it splutters add add fenugreek seed. Once it turn reddish add urad dal, toor dal and cumin seed respectively. Now add manathakkali vathal to it and saute till it is fried and pops up. To the fried vathal add onion and garlic. Saute till onion turns brownish. If you use tomato add at this point and saute till it turns mushy( i didn't used).
(2) Now pour the prepared tamarind water to it and allow it to boil. When it boils add sambar powder, turmeric powder and salt to it.
(5) In low to medium heat allow the kuzhambu to get thicken. This may take some 10 minutes. When it is almost done add jaggery to it. Your vatha kuzhambu is now ready.
Tips:
- You can replace manathakkali vathal with any other vathal.
- The curry should be in a medium thickened form that is not too watery.
