Comments on: Kathirikai – Karamani Kara Kuzhambu / Brinjal n Fresh Kidney Beans Pulusu / Egg Plants – Yard Beans in Tamarind Based Curry

By: Malar Gandhi

Malar Gandhi — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:01:25 +0000

I guess, yellowish green ones are much mature. The one which I used is however greenish + mature though! You can absolutely try this recipe with any kind:)

By: Faye Levy

Faye Levy — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:41:00 +0000

The other day I saw 2 kinds of long beans at my favorite produce market: the usual deep green ones and another kind, that were yellowish-green. Perhaps the second one is more mature? Did yours look like that?

By: Nandini

Nandini — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:35:02 +0000

The kuzhambu looks very spicy and truly scrumptious!

By: Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal

Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:48:17 +0000

Wow, very interesting and delectable.

By: Chitra

Chitra — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:39:48 +0000

wow, u made me drool. bookmarked !!

By: Priya Sreeram

Priya Sreeram — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:02:01 +0000

nice recipe malar !

By: Aruna Manikandan

Aruna Manikandan — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 07:15:57 +0000

wow….
looks perfect and very tempting dear

By: Faye Levy

Faye Levy — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:24:30 +0000

Dear Malar,

Thanks for the reply. Also, please excuse the typo in the last sentence of my comment - I meant Hindi, of course.
Glad you told me about the hyperlink; somehow I missed it.
Bravo to you for thinking of using long beans that way! I rarely find some that are big enough but if I see some, I'll know what to do with them! When I asked about frozen vegetables, I didn't mean the prepared dish, but just the beans. I see plenty of frozen Indian vegetables from Ashoka at several stores in my area.
Looking forward to reading more on your blog.

By: Malar Gandhi

Malar Gandhi — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 22:14:00 +0000

Dear Faye Levy,

Welcome to Indian cooking,

Yep, you are right...Thalippu Vadagam - is a blend of all South Indian Tempering spices. You can find them in Indian grocery stores. I have also given hyperlink - for the recipe.

I don't think they sell yard beans seeds separately, I bought fresh yard beans from Chinese stores...and removed those mature seeds.

This is country style recipe in South India...it can't be found in frozen form. Frozen foods(Indian)usually has the same recipes...that we see commonly in the restaurants!

Hope you will find all the ingredients and enjoy this recipe:)

By: Faye Levy

Faye Levy — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:26:27 +0000

This dish looks and sounds delicious.
I looked up Thalippu vadagam
and found this description here:
http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?/topic/52944-thalippu-vadagam/
“Thalippu vadagam are small balls of spices made of curry leaves, fenugreek, turmeric etc and are used in South India to prepare specific dishes..”
I’m not sure where to get fresh yard bean seeds. I guess they are the seeds of mature Chinese long beans but I haven’t seen them sold as such. However, my favorite Indian grocery store has several kinds of frozen Indian vegetables and I think one or two of them look like those in your photo. Are they sold frozen and what would be their Hindu name on the package?
Thanks,
Faye