Kottu Kuzhambu

This Kuzhambu is one of our Iyengar dishes.

Ingredients:

 Tamarind extract juice              1 ½ cup

Okra                                         ¼ cup

White Pumpkin                          ¼ cup

Sambhar Powder                      2 tsp

Curry leaves                             few

Salt to taste

Rice flour                               1tsp (Mix it with water)

Seasonings:

 Oil                                       2 tsp

Mustard seeds                      ¼ tsp

Fenugreek seeds                  ¼ tsp

Bengal gram dhal                 1 tsp

Whole red chillies                 3 no

Hing                                    ¼ tsp

Method:

• Soak the tamarind in hot water and extract the juice.
• Take ¾ cup of tamarind water, add Sambhar powder, salt, curry leaves and keep aside.
• Heat the oil in kadai, add all seasonings and fry for 2 minutes.
• Now add ½ of the tamarind water (3/4 cup) , vegetables in it.   Let it boil for 5 minutes.
• Now add the above tamarind water in it .  Lower the stove heat and let it boil for 6-8 minutes.
• Add rice flour water in it.  Boil for few more minutes. Switch off the stove.
• Serve with hot rice.