Vathal Kuzhambu

Kothavarangai Vathal Kuzhambhu  (Dried Cluster beans)

Today I'm  going to give a very delicious recipe which we all love to taste - Vathal Kuzhambu, using Kothavarangai Vathal, i.e., Dried Cluster beans. We can make the vathal ourselves at home or else we can get it in any super market.

Ingredients

Kothavarangai vathal (Dried Cluster Beans) – 1 ½ cups

Tamarind – 1 big lemon size
Tomato (chopped) – 1 cup
Sambar Powder – 3 tsp
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds – 1 tsp
Asafoetida Powder – 1 tsp                                                                                                        
Curry leaves – 2 strands
Salt – as required
Gingelly oil – 1 tbsp
Cooking Oil – for frying

Method

Soak Tamarind in water for 20 minutes and take extract with chopped tomato. (Adding tomato to tamarind extract, will give a delicious taste to the recipe and also it takes off the bitter taste from tamarind.)

Heat Gingelly oil in a Deep, thick bottomed pan. Add mustard seeds to it. When it splutters, add fenugreek seeds, then asafoetida powder and the curry leaves to it. Now add sambar powder and fry well. The powder must take all the oil and it must blend to it.

Now add the tamarind extract and required salt to it. Bring to boil in low flame.

Oil- Sambar powder- Tamarind will blend together and gives a good aroma.

    

Heat cooking oil in a pan. Fry Kothavarangai Vathal (Dried Cluster beans)till golden brown.

Add hot fried vathal to the Kuzhambu. Keep in low flame boiling state for 3 to 5 minutes.

Turn off the stove. Add 1 tsp of Gingelly oil and curry leaves to it for garnishing. Serve hot.

To make the Kuzhambu more delicious:

Take one tomato, 2 green chillies, curry leaves and grind it to fine paste. Add this paste to kuzhambu before adding tamarind paste.

Looks yummy! Enjoy with hot rice and Appalam. Will meet you all with another delicious recipe. Bye.

Bhel Poori

Yesterday evening, when I was taking rest, my son prepared an evening snack and we all enjoyed a lot. I'm very happy to share the recipe with you.

 

Ingredients:

Tomato (finely chopped) - 2

Onion (finely chopped) - 2

Cucumber (finely chopped) - 1

Cabbage (finely chopped) - 1/4 cup

Coconut (grated) - 1/4 cup

Coriander leaves (finely chopped) - 1/4 cup

Madras Mixture(1 hand full)

Salt  (as required)

Pepper Powder  (as required)

Chilli Powder  (as required)

Chat masala  (as required)

Ghee (One teaspoon)

Method:

Cut all the vegetables in uniform size.(any veg cutter will help you).

Take the cut vegetables in a big sized mixing bowl.

Add salt, Pepper Powder, Chilli Powder, Garam masala, Ghee, Madras mixture and mix well.
Enjoy with hot coffee or chilled fruit juice.

Looks yummy! Proud of you my son.

Will revert back soon with another delicious recipe.
Bye.