Shallots in Tamarind based Curry
- 06
- July
- 2010
China Vengayam Kara Kuzhambu:
Chinna Vengayam Puli Kuzhambu. Ulli Pulusu. Vengaya Kuzhambu.
I was desperately looking out for these small shallots in and around my area, for the past 5 years! Almost for every single recipe, Mommy recommends just this and not anything fancy, you know!! So, I was all excited to spot these little ones finally – duh:) Oh man, immediately cooking mood set-in and I experimented a bunch of recipes the following day…so here you go.
Ingredients:
Pearl Onions 1 cup
Garlic 5-7 cloves – crushed
Tomato 1 small – chopped
Tamarind milk 1 cup
Salt
Turmeric
Chili powder
Jaggery 1 spoon
Grated coconut – fried (I completely skipped this, coz’ of no decent coconuts are found in my area)
Sesame oil 1 table spoon
Thallippu 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:
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. Add about a cup of water. Continue cooking over low heat without lid. Once the curry thickens, its done.
In a seperate pan, heat oil and add all the tempering spices, wait till they pop and splutter…now run the smae over the curry prepared. Yum, right.
Now serve this to go with plain steamed rice, yep…enjoy:)
Ur theeyal sounds so easy..never tried theeyal without coconut,will giv a try
Yummy one with rice.. its heavenly. Looks absolutely tempting malar.. Hey tamarind milk is tamarind pulp right…
WOw the curry looks very yummy.Never cook this before.Will try.
Malar,
Theeyal usually contains coconut and coriander seeds it fried until slightly brown color and grind into a paste. Theeyal without coconut is not heard of me. This curry looks good.
Looks delicious …. Good recipe Malar..
Nice recipe ..looks gud
Those small shallots look so cute in the gravy, lovely and new recipe.
A very unique dish sounds wonderful.
Love the curry..delicious and mouth watering!
Wow delicious..love this one, my favorite.
With papads and hot steaming rice am ready to finish the whole bowl, yummy..
Hi Malar
Love this curry! Book marked this recipe. Going to try once I get these pearls.
Thanks for sharing it.
Love this kulambu very much…
Wow, this looks so lovely. I was looking something like this for quite long time. Thanks for sharing..
Thats a really interesting shallot curry..Looks delicious!!
wow. looks good. i have never seen this shallots before. can we use the red variety.. love to give this a try. looks very good. yumm..pls advice.
oh so sad that u wont get shallots.i know how u miss this .
the recipe looks yummy and love to have with hot rice
I to make this similarly except I use sambhar powder,and I will not use coconut as well
Wow! This is nice and spicy! I’m drooling!