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KATHIRIKAI MURUNGAIKAI THENGAI ARACHA CURRY OR KUZHAMBU / AUBERGINE AND DRUMSTICK COCONUT CURRY / BRINJAL AND DRUMSTICK COCONUT KUZHAMBU

KATHIRIKAI MURUNGAIKAI CURRY


            Kathirikai murungaikai thengai aracha curry or kuzhambu is a common recipe in Nagercoil.Also it is an easy and simple recipe to prepare.Cooked vegetables are seasoning with some basic spices and coconut mixture and finally add the tempering into it.This curry is made without tamarind.You can relish this as a side dish with curd rice or even with steamed white rice.I learn't this recipe from my mon,please do try this recipe and let me know how it will turned out to you...


PREPARATION TIME:20 min

COOKING TIME:20 min

INGREDIENTS:

Drumstick - 2 chopped
Brinjal - 2 chopped
Egg plant - 4 chopped
Broad beans - 3 chopped
Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
Shallots - 3
Cumin - 1/2 tspn
Red chillies - 4 
Turmeric powder - 1/ 2 tspn
Salt
Water - 2 cups

METHOD:

  • In a earthenware vessel add 2 cups water and chopped drumstick,close the lid and cook for 10 min.
  • Add 1/2 cup grated coconut,4 red chillies,1/2 tspn turmeric powder in a mixie jar,grind little coarsely and keep aside.
  • After 10 min,drumstick is 50 % cooked now add chopped brinjal,chopped egg plant and chopped broad beans into it.Again close the lid and cook until vegetables cook.
  • Crush 3 shallots and 1/2 tspn cumin using mortar and pestle or grindstone,keep aside.
  • After few min vegetables cooked,add crushed shallots and cumin,required salt and grounded coconut mixture.Mix well and cook until its raw smell are gone.
  • Heat a tblspn of oil in a kadai,add 1/2 tspn mustard and 1 sprig curry leaves,saute well and add it to the curry.
  • Tasty kathirikai murungaikai curry is ready.


PICTORIAL:


In a earthenware vessel add 2 cups water and chopped drumsticks

Close the lid and cook

In a mixie jar add 1/2 cup grated coconut

Add 4 red chillies

Add 1/2 tspn turmeric powder

Grind little coarsely

After 10 min it is half cooked

Add chopped egg plant

Add chopped brinjal

Add chopped broad beans

Add required salt

Again close lid cook until vegetables cooked

In a grind stone add 3 shallots and 1/2 tspn cumin

Crushed it

After few min vegetables cooked

Add crushed shallots and cumin

Add coarsely grounded coconut mixture

Mix well

Cook until it's raw smell are gone

Heat a tblspn of coconut oil in a kadai

Add 1/2 tspn mustard

After it splutters add 1 sprig curry leaves

Saute well and keep aside

After few min raw smell are gone

Add tempering

Mix it

Tasty kathirikai murungaikai curry is ready.


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