Ayurveda Kuzhambu
- 15
- October
- 2009
Ayurdeva Kuzhambu:
Marundhu Kuzhambu. Medicinal Spices in Rich Tamarind based Curry.
Marundhu kuzhambu is usually made in the house after severe cold, cough and fever. My mother recommends this for even body pain! Now don’t ask me medicinal details, please! Again, I am aint good with those ‘medicinal spices names’…all I could recollect is few names, so bear with me. But I could certaily assure you all..it really WORKS. So, come on lets see the recipe. (One could find these fllowing spices/dried herbs at Country stores, India)
Ingredients:
Individual names of the Ayurveda spices used(to mention a few):
Kadukkai (promotes digestion, I guess)
Jathikkai/Nutmeg
Omam/tymol seeds/ajwan (digestion for sure..)
Galangal root?
Thipili(for asthma, wheezing and all)
Shaiba leaves
Vaal milagu/Long pepper/ pipali
Oregano seeds/karpooravalli vidhai
Kandathippili
Dill/Sada kuppai
Sukku/dry ginger/sukka adhrak
Milagu/peppercorns/kali mirch
Elakkai/elaichi/cardamom
Pattai/cinnamon
and much more…not sure of their names!
Collective name (Ayurvedic Spices & herbs) 4 teaspoons
Cricket ball size tamarind or 1 spoon of thick tamarind paste
Red onion 1 large finely chopped
Garlic 1 large peeled and semi crushed
Tomato 1 large chopped
Jaggery or brown sugar 1 spoon
Salt
Turmeric powder 1/2 spoon
Chili powder 1 spoon
Rice powder 1 spoon
Sesame oil 1 cup
Mustard seeds 1 spoon
Cumin seeds 1 spoon
Fenugreek seeds 1/2 spoon
Chana dal 1/2 spoon
Urad dal 1/2 spoon
Asafoetida 1/2 spoon
Dry red chilies 3-5
Curry leaves.
Method:
1. Heat few spoons of oil. Wet-toast the spices and herbs in it. Let it get fried till golden color. Powder them and set aside.
2. In a deep pan, heat few spoons of oil. Add garlic, fry till its raw smell goes off. Further add onions, fry till they turn to golden brown color. Now add tomatoes, fry them till they loose their water content.
3. Add salt, turmeric, chili powder, jaggery and rice powder. Let it blend together.
4. Later add tamarind paste and 2 cups of water. Cover and cook over medium flame.
5. Once the gravy consolidates…add the powdered stuff to it. Allow this to boil and become really fragrant.
6. In a separate pan, heat oil. Add mustard, cumin, asafoetida, fenugreek, chana dal, urad dal, dry red chilies and curry leaves. Let them pop and splutter well. Run this seasoning over the gravy.
Serve this with plain steamed rice. Run a spoon full of ghee over it…..just before serving.
There are certainly lots of spices! Do you find that you feel better after eating it?
Very healthy….i too make it but with half of the ingredients….Yummy
Palidor & Sailaja,
Ha ha, the picture is to show the ingredients…but I used just 2-4 teaspoons in the curry.
Best time to post it..It’s flu season here.. Wish you and your family a happy Deepawali !!!!
hi malar..this seems very healthy.
Very healthy Malar… never tried all these in curry… only in kashayam… but can def try for good flavor and taste
My FIL is really big on Ayurveda.This looks neat,Malar and Happy Diwali!
Whoa! It’s lot of spices! It looks good!
Very healthy with all those spices,Nice flavours too…
Sounds great…
Hi
Thanks for dropping in!!
Your blog is very informative
A healthy dish!! A very happy Diwali to you and your family!!
Wow such a excellent and healthy kuzhambu, really new to me..Thanks for sharing Malar!
Semma kaarasaaramana, super kuzhambu. Totally marundhu dhaan.Very useful recipe when we are reeling with all disorders after overload of deepavali goodies.
Wish you and youe dear ones a vert happy deepavali.
happy diwali to and ur family malar…this is a very useful post dear.. surely i will try..
Wow.. Looks so spicy,tangy!! Must be really helpful for the after-effects of Diwali! Thanks for sharing it!
Wishing you and your family a very happy and joyous Diwali dear! Have a great day!
Awesome! This post is so helpful!!! thanks for posting this malar.
I totally believe in these kind of natural therapies.Thanks for sharing dear Malar
Well said about natural medicines. Love that spicy marunthu kulambu very much:)
Happy diwali to you and your family dear.
Healthy gravy especially for feeding women
Like thry say for any cure look in your kitchen cabinets.Good one Malar.
Perfect dish for the season malar. And the info you shared is very useful indeed. Wish you too a Happy Diwali dear!
very interesting! dinner and medicine all in one!
MAlar thanks for sharing this dear really helpful for me , my son is suffering with sever cough cold and fever for past 15 days. going to do this tommm…
wonderful… completely my type..
I did use some of them when my kids were small, take the and rub them on ammi kallu and some of them to powder form and put them in a volalu mixed with milk, this reminds me of their childhood, hold them tightly between the legs and feed them every fortnight!!, would keep their body free from common cold,cough upset tummy etc.., but never thought of making a kozhubu like this and making them eat this now when they are grown up, can’t do that way, but certainly can do this way, a very good innovative idea, thanx for the recipe, will try it soon, if i can’t find them here then need to wait for my friend or me when i visit bangalore!!, lovely recipe
Very very healthy, looks great.