Curry

My mom makes this spicy,tangy ‘Milagu kuzhambu’ whenever we come back home from a trip or vacation. The reason behind this is that we used to be tired from travel & from all those restaurant foods, this ‘kuzhambu’ is considered as a cleansing food. There are no vegetables involved, no onion/garlic , no extra spices. A very simple south indian style ‘pachadi’ (similar to yogurt based Raita with a Tadka) & a pappad (preferrably sutta appalam) are served as side dishes. This kuzhambu is a very common recipe in Tamil Brahmin community. Especially for nursing mothers we serve this kuzhambu…

Pulikuzhambu, Kara Kuzhambu, Poondu Kuzhambu these are all various varieties of thick tamarind based curries that are most popular in Tamilnadu apart from the usual Sambar & Rasam. The consistency is the key to make a perfect poondu kuzhambu. Recently I brought around 1/4 kg of fresh garlic from farmer’s market nearby and was waiting for weekend to make the gravy. After painstakingly peeling 2 whole bulbs of garlic I looked around the pantry and realized there was no Tamarind. Tamarind pulp is an essential ingredient to this curry because it gives the right tanginess to the gravy. I blindly…

Drumstick comes under spinach variety and it has lots of health benefits. In Tamilnadu most of the individual houses will have this tree and from top to bottom of the tree it has various uses. The root,stem,flowers and leaves are raw materials for many medicines.

In Brahmins community this sambhar is a traditional curry prepared during family functions,when there guests at home and especially in Mappillai Virundhu.Our Sunday lunch menu will definitely be the following combination Plain white rice + little ghee + sambhar accompanied with Potato fry 🙂 🙂

I guess most of us would agree that this one of the north indian combos that is relished all over.I used to think that these dishes are meant to be eaten in Hotels. But that is definitely not true. You just have to have the interest and little bit of patience to prepare certain dishes.After reading

This curry can be made with either one of the following vegetables Carrot, Ladys Finger, White Pumpkin, Taro Root. I have used Taro Root (Sepangkezangu) and the measurement given below serves_ two_. Morekuzambu can sometimes be used as a sidedish with tiffen items like Sevai(idiyappam),Adai etc.