Tuesday, 11 September 2018

Rice with vathalkuzhambu and long bean thoran


Vathalkuzhambu is a delicacy in iyer homes. We use dried turkey berries or manathakali (a small black berry dried) sometimes I add vegetables to this gravy. Today I have added fresh avarakkai (field beans) and its seeds. Here is the recipe. 

Turkey berry,avarakkai, manathakkali vathalkuzhambu.

Ingredients

Avarakkai seeds 1 cup
Fresh avarakkai a few
Manathakkali 3 tbsp(roasted in ghee)
Turkey Berries a few
Tamarind extract 3 tbso
Turmeric powder a little
Red chilli powder a little
Sambhar powder 2 tsp
Hing a pinch

Salt as required

Method of Preparation

Fry manathakkali in little ghee.
Cook avarakkai seeds, turkey berries slit into halves  chopped avarakkai in a stoneware(kalchatti) till soft by adding water and little turmeric.  Add tamarind extract, 2 cups of water, sambhar powder, red chilli powder, hing, turmeric and allow it to boil. Add fried manathakkali. Adjust salt. Let the vathalkozhambu boil in slow fire for about 10 minutes till done. In a small pan add sesame oil add mustard seeds and curry leaves. Let it splutter, pour it on top of vathalkuzhambu. Serve hot with rice.


Payar(long bean) thoran

I have washed and chopped long beans and did a quick tadka of mustard and red chillies. Added chopped long beans, a little salt and turmeric. Cook it till soft. 

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