Tirunelveli Special Poricha Kuzhambu - From Sai’s Kitchen
Very special Poricha Kuzhambu from Tirunelveli recipe is loaded with vegetables that kids try and avoid for weekend lunch along-with dry flamed (Sutta) Ulludhu (Urad Dal) Appalam (Papad) / mix of Vaadam (Fryums) and hot steamed rice on a Sunday afternoon is divine. My mother also used to make azhigina mango pachadi (just about to rot Mango :-) )
It is a must in most Tirunelveli Native folks at least once a week because of its unique flavour & nutrition elements because of the vegetables for a delicious wholesome lunch.
Ingredients: (Serves 6 odd)
- Vegetables
- Bengaluru Kathirikkai (Chow Chow or Chayote) - 2
- Note: If Cho-Chow is not available you can also use Mangalore Cucumber or normal cucumber - But don't cook them in cooker when the other vegetables are cooked
- Carrot - 2
- Yam - Quarter or less
- Drumstick - 2
- Potato - 1 big
- Urad Dal - 1 1/2 spoon
- Jeera - 1 1/2 spoon
- Black Pepper - 2 Spoon
- Red Chilly 3-5 depending on spice needed
- Toor Dal 2 1/2 Protein Cup (Like for Sambar)
- Scrapped Coconut 1/2
- Curry Leaves
- Mustard, Jeera for Tempering
- Coconut oil 2 spoons (for frying and tempering)
Preparation:
- Cut Chow Chow, Carrot, Potato Yam in a squarish size and drum stick as normal 3/4th of index finger size
- Cook the toor dal like normal with water and the cut vegetable without water in cooker for 4-5 whistle
- Fry Urad Dal, Jeera, Red Chilly, Pepper in a spoon of coconut oil
- Grind the above along with scrapped coconut to a coarse consistency (Coconut is not fried)
- NOTE: You can also make Poricha Kuzhambu without frying anything but just grinding all the above together
- Add the cooked vegetables with toor dal in a vessel and once it boils, add the curry leaves and the grind paste from above
- Add Salt as appropriate for the quantity made
- Once it boils and mixed well, add water based on consistency needed & switch it off.
- But ideally the Poricha Kuzhambu is thick with all the vegetables
- Do tadka (Tempering) with Jeera & Mustard
Very Special Tirunelveli Poricha Kuzhambu is done
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