Pacha Sundakkai Kuzhambu
Pacha Sundakkai Kuzhambu is a delicious and tangy kuzhambu prepared with fresh turkeyberries along with a super yummy masala, tamarind ,onion and tomatoes.
Servings: 4
Calories: 244kcal
Equipment
- Kadai
- Mortar and Pestle
Ingredients
To roast and grind :
- 1 tsp Pepper
- 1 tsp Coriander powder
- 1 tsp Red chilli powder
- 5 Garlic
- 10 Cashew
- ½ cup Coconut
- 1 tsp Poppy seeds or white Til
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- 1 Onion
- 3 Tomato
Other ingredients
- 3 tbsp Sesame oil
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- ½ tsp Cumin seeds
- ¼ tsp Fenugreek Seeds
- 10 Shallots
- 1 Tomato
- 2 springs Curry leaves a spring
- 1 lemon Sized Tamarind
- ½ cup Fresh turkey berry
- ¼ tsp Turmeric powder
- ½ tsp Chilli powder
- Salt as needed
- Water as needed
Instructions
- Dry Roast the Peppercorns, Red Chilli powder, Coriander powder, sesame seeds, Cumin Seeds, Garlic pods, Cashew Nuts together at a very low flame for 30 secs.
- Along with this next add in the grated coconut and roast for another 2 or 3 mins.
- Next add in the chopped onions and tomatoes and sauté till they turn soft in a low flame.
- Switch off and allow it to cool down completely. Grind it to a fine paste by adding little water and set it aside.
- Heat a kadai with oil once its hot add in Mustard seeds and cumin seeds, let it splutter. Next, add in fenugreek seeds and then add in 2 spring of curry leaves.
- slice the shallots and add, cook until its slightly brown. Next, add in the chopped tomatoes. Cook until its mushy.
- Next add in the ground paste. In well and add in 2 cups of water. Combine everything
- Soak a lemon sized tamarind in 1 cup warm water for 15 mins. Squeeze and extract the tamarind juice. Add in the tamarind water to the kadai and mix well.
- Next add in Red Chilli powder, Turmeric powder, and the required salt. Mix well and bring everything to a boil
- Remove the stalk and clean the sundakkai. Was well in water and then crush it with a mortar and pestle. Add the crushed sundakkai to the kuzhambu. Mix well.
- Cover and cook until the sundakkai is cooked completely and the oil separates from the gravy.
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Nutrition
Calories: 244kcal | Carbohydrates: 21.3g | Protein: 4.3g | Fat: 17.1g | Saturated Fat: 5.1g | Sodium: 81mg | Potassium: 461mg | Fiber: 3.5g | Sugar: 6.3g | Calcium: 63mg | Iron: 4mg