Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Eral Kuzhambu

Eral kuzhambu without coconut paste but making out with a variety of vegetables like drumstick,raw banana n potatoes..goes well with Plain rice, papads or else with boiled egg.. For seasoning, i used vengaya vadagam which give a special aroma and replace very well the mustard seeds and split black gram we usually used to temper while making out tangy gravies prepared with tamarind juice.Vadagam is usually made by the elders of the family who know very well. They make it every year in summer when the sun is hot and the onions are cheap. Its serves for a whole year. Vadagam was made basically with onions,garlic,curryleaves n spices.It gives a special aroma to kuzhambu when tempered with this aromatic vadagam...


20nos Prawns
1no Tamarind (lime size)
1noTomato(big)
20nos Shallots
5nos Garlic cloves
1cup Potatoes(cubed)
1cup Raw banana (cubed)
5nos Drumstick pieces
2tbsp Dhania powder
1tsp Red chilly powder
3tsp Gingelly oil
1tbsp Vengaya Vadagam
Salt (as per taste)
5 nos Curry leaves

Grind the tamarind with tomatoes with 1/2 cup of warm water...make it as thick paste,strain this grounded paste and add enough water...heat oil in a kadai n splutter vadagam..add the garlic cloves,curryleaves and shallots, fry it until it turns transparent, add drumsticks,raw bannana pieces to the sauted shallots..finally add the prawns put the stove in low flame..this will cook the prawns...

Add salt, dhania powder and red chilli powder to the tamarind n tomato juice ,now add this spiced juice to the cooking veggies and prawns,cook everything in high flame..once its boil for the first time add the potatoes pieces to this gravy..cover n let it cook for 10 minutes...put off the stove..

Serve hot!

19 comments:

mona said... Reply To This Comment

hmm, I know I will definitely love it along with some warm rice!

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Simply delicious and lipsmacking eral kuzhambu!! perfect with rice.love it!!

Silpa said... Reply To This Comment

yummy. so delightful.. will try this. i dnt know about this curry

prasu said... Reply To This Comment

lovely tangy and spicy kuzhambu dear.....

Malar Gandhi said... Reply To This Comment

Oh what a lovely click...looks yumm. I like to add shrimps to my spicy vegetable kara kuzhambu..just like you, it adds up the flavour, right.

Cilantro said... Reply To This Comment

I use vadagam too, it adds a nice flavor to the gravy. Never tried Eral Kuzhambu with vegies. Looks delicious.

Nandinis food said... Reply To This Comment

I love vadagam flavored Kuzhambu. Lovely tangy kuzhambu!

Sushma Mallya said... Reply To This Comment

simple and delicious

Cham said... Reply To This Comment

I miss this one, my mom does a good eral kuzkambu! Ok I will drool now :)

Tina said... Reply To This Comment

Its new to me.....Looks delicious...

Sreelekha Sumesh said... Reply To This Comment

Perfect with white rice..yummmm

Shama Nagarajan said... Reply To This Comment

delicious recipe...grt to have with rice

Valarmathi Sanjeev said... Reply To This Comment

Yummy and spicy eral kuzhambu, looks delicious.

lissie said... Reply To This Comment

very healthy and nutritious kuzhambu...delicious too!

Saraswathy Balakrishnan said... Reply To This Comment

Slurp Slurp...I can hardly wait to get my hands on the bowl of shrimp curry..my fav..adding drumsticks and other vegetable is new to me..yet looks so delicious......cioussss

Menaga Sathia said... Reply To This Comment

குழம்பு பார்க்கவே சூப்பாராயிருக்கு...

gtyuk said... Reply To This Comment

slurp slurp, era kozhambu ,Vayee ooordhu Priya, coming to your home with my plate :)

I love to add murungakka and vadavam to my puli kozhambus, they add a nice special flavor to the curry; looks absolutely delicious!!!

Sumi said... Reply To This Comment

Just the way my mother makes it.Lovely...

Gita Jaishankar said... Reply To This Comment

Eral kuzumbu looks and sounds divine Priya...I too use vadagam for seasoning all types of kozumbu...cant do anything without it :)