Receta Milagu Kuzhambu / Pepper Gravy
This is good to be prepared during the winter and monsoon, specially made after the wedding day in marriages called 'kattu choru' - rice parcelled & taken home by the family of the bride as well as the groom as a tradition - a nice recipe to settle the stomach after a nice feast! Or can be prepared when one wish to have, like how I do!
Ingredientes
- Pepper - 1 tsp
- Black Gram - 1 tsp (urad/ulundu)
- Split Red Gram - 1 tsp (tuvar/arhar)
- Curry Leaves - 8 Nos.
- Tamarind - 1 small lemon size
- Jaggery - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Asafoetida powder - less than 1/4 tsp
- Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
- Water - 3 cups
- Gingely Oil - 2 tbsp
- Mustard seeds - 3/4 tsp
- Rice flour - 1 tsp
Direcciones
- Soak Tamarind in hot water for 10 minutes.
- Heat a wok, add little Gingely oil, add the peppercorn, curry leaves and Dried Red Chillies, roast them. Transfer to a plate. Now add the black gram (urad) , split red gram (tuvar), fry till they turn golden brown. Add it to the fried pepper mix, allow to cool. Then grind it to a nice powder. This can be kept as a dry powder, or you can add little water and make a paste.
- Extract tamarind water from it twice using 2 cups water.
- Heat a wok, add 2 tbsp gingely oil.Throw in some mustard seeds. Once they complete spluttering, add tamarind water.
- Add turmeric powder, asafoetida powder, Jaggery and Salt. Bring to boil
- Now simmer the flame, add the ground masala powder or paste, mix well.
- Dissolve 1 spoon of rice flour in little water and add it to the boiling gravy to thicken it.
- In slow flame cook this mixture for 5 minutes stirring in between.switch off the flame.
- Check & adjust the seasoning at this stage.
- Yummy & spicy pepper sambar / milagu kuzhambu is ready to be had with hot rice or as an accompaniment to tiffin item like dosa / upma or with chapathis.
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Nutrition Facts
Amount Per Recipe | %DV |
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Recipe Size 846g | |
Calories 203 | |
Calories from Fat 33 | 16% |
Total Fat 3.62g | 5% |
Saturated Fat 2.04g | 8% |
Trans Fat 0.0g | |
Cholesterol 5mg | 2% |
Sodium 880mg | 37% |
Potassium 41mg | 1% |
Total Carbs 32.24g | 9% |
Dietary Fiber 5.7g | 19% |
Sugars 5.17g | 3% |
Protein 10.48g | 17% |