Brinjal-Val Beans Kuzhambu
Other Names:Eggplants-Val Beans in Tamarind Based Curry. Vengaya Pulusu. Kathirikai-Mochai Payaru Puli Kuzhambu.
Ingredients:
Brinjal/Eggplants 4-6 sliced
Val Beans – Seeds 1 cup(soaked overnight)
Pearl Onions chopped 1 cup
Garlic 5-7 cloves – crushed
Tomato 1 small – chopped
Salt
Turmeric
Chili powder
Jaggery/brown sugar 1 spoon
Sesame oil 1 table spoon
Thalippu vadagam
Mustard seeds 1/4 spoon
Cumin seeds 1/4 spoon
Fenugreek seeds 1 pinch
Asafoetida 1 pinch
Dry chili 1 minced
Curry leaves few.
Method:
Pressure cook val-beans, and set aside. Do not discard the water.
In a wide iron wok, heat about 1/2 table spoon of oil.
Add the garlic, onions and keep frying. Now add tomatoes, cover and cook briefly.
Now add salt, turmeric, chili and jaggery. Followed by vegetables…stir-fry briefly. Add val beans along with its water. Continue cooking over low to medium heat with lid. Once the curry thickens, its done.
In a separate pan, heat oil and add all the tempering spices, wait till they pop and splutter…now run the same over the curry prepared. Yum, right.
Serve warm with plain steamed rice, yep…enjoy:)
It is a very good curry. Thank you.
Looks so perfect. Eggplant is my fav veg, and this is one of the new item for me to tryout.
That’s a superb combo malar. It’s too good a recipe
My fav combo.lovely.My mom to prepare this way.
Perfect combo with any thing. Loved it i used to prepare this in india but in u.s these r not available want them eagerly.
I mean that we get these kuind if beans freshly in india. But here we get r the dry one.
Kuzhambu looks spicy and delicious…
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This is really a better way of making brinjal curries
I love this .. my grand ma prepares tis often..c
wow…!!! I got to try this recipe sometimes for dinner….I would love to have it with chapati !!! one quick question…I’m not very familiar with Val Beans …where do I get it ?
Never tried egg plant with mochai kottai..combination sounds great.nice recipe!
Beautiful combo, my grandma will make the same kuzhambu with some dry anchovies..
What a mouthwatering combination – very tempting.
yum with white rice…
Sounds a delicious curry,thanks for sharing.
This dish is new to me though it looks very yummy. The first picture is very good!
This dish is new to me though it looks very yummy. The first picture is very good!
This dish is new to me though it looks very yummy. The first picture is very good!
Dear Only Fish Recipes,
I not sure of its Hindi name, dear. It is a dry seed of Indian broad beans, do you think, you can recall from the picture above!
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today i tried this kuzhambu..came out really gud..v liked it very much..i use my homemade vadagam which i brought from india…simply spicy n tasty kuzhambu..thanx for the recipe…
Oh yeah me too love ‘vadagam’ so much…gives an excellent flavor to the dish, right. Thanks Sangee…good to know that you tried this recipe and it turned out great. Thumps up:)