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!
Tiempo de Prep: | South indian |
Tiempo para Cocinar: | Raciónes: 1 Cup |
Va Bien Con: White Rice, dosa, thosai/dosa, Upma, chapathi
Ingredientes
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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.