Vathal Kulampu

Ingredients:-1

• Dry red chili – 6 no’s
• Coriander seeds – 2 tsp
• Split red gram (toor gram) – 2 tbsp
• Black pepper corns – ½ tsp
• Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
• Fenugreek seeds – ¼ tsp
• Split black gram – ¼ tsp
• Curry leaves – 4 no’s
• Mustard – 5 to 6 seeds

Ingredients:- 2

• Shallots (sambhar onions) – 20 no’s
• Garlic – 2 clove

Ingredients:- 3

• Vatral – 2 tsp
• Roasted peanuts – 1 tsp
• Bengal gram - 1 tsp
• Mustard – ¼ tsp
• Cumin seeds – ¼ tsp
• Curry leaves – 10 no’s
• Asafetida powder - 2 pinch
• Jaggery (powdered) – ¼ tsp
• Gingelly oil – ¼ cup
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Thick tamarind pulp – 3 tsp
• Salt - ½ tsp

Method to Prepare:-

Step1: It’s always better to make vatral / vatha kuzhambu with freshly prepared spice powders.

Step 2: Here is how to make fresh Vatral / Vatha Kuzhambu powder. 

Step 3: Dry roast each ingredient separately from Table- 1 (Dry red chili, coriander seeds, split red gram (thuvaram paruppu), black pepper corn, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, split black gram, curry leaves and mustard). 

Step 4: Let cool completely and grind to a coarse powder. 

Step 5: Add small onions and garlic from table-2 to this coarsely ground powder and grind to smooth paste.

Step 6: Heat gingelly oil, splutter mustard, cumin seeds, curry leaves and sprinkle the asafoetida powder. 

Step 7: Roast the Vatrals, groundnuts and Bengal gram along with the seasoning.

Step 8:  Now add the ground Vatral / Vatha Kuzhambu paste which was made earlier and fry until the raw smell goes away. 

Step 9: This raw gravy could splutter all over, so be carefully and cook on low flame. 

Step 10: Use a lid to cover for few minutes, but keep checking to avoid the masala sticking to the bottom of the pan. 

Step 11: Add the tamarind juice, turmeric powder, salt and jaggery with 1/2 cup of water.

Step 12:  Let cook on low flame for 10 minutes or until the oil separates from the gravy.

Step 13:  Garnish with curry leaves and serve hot with steamed rice and pappad.

Keywords – Vatrals, Vatha Kuzhambu, Asafoetida, Onions And Garlic, Steamed Rice, Pappad.

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