Thursday, January 11, 2007

Brahmin Vatha Kozhambu

1.Soak some tamarind in water and make an extract out of this.
2.Fry 1 tsp each of mustard seeds, methi seeds,5-6 red chillies,curry leaves and 2-3 tsp of toor dal in 2 tsp of oil.
3.Add the tamarind extract to this along with salt, a little asafoetida and sambar powder(acc to the spice level reqd).
4.Allow this to boil for 10 min.
5.Add either one of the following vegetables - cut drum stick(cut in uniform sizes)/ cut ladies finger/ cut onions/ the whole pearl onions available after peeling the skin and allow them to boil along.
6.Allow to boil for about 15 min.
7.Switch off and serve hot with rice.

2 comments:

Purnima Madhusudhan said...

Hey Shaalu,
Am gonna try this tomo..will tell u how delicious it came out tomo...But gr8 post..keep postin many more recipe stuffs....

Krithika Subramanian said...

Ah.. my fav vathakulambu being an Iyer it is very helpful for me as it is a very necessary and default food of us.And also our's will taste very different from rest of the kulambu which is the specialty of this.