Indian Cooking Recipe: Vatha Kuzhambu
The following are the instructions on how to cook delicious Indian food: Vatha Kuzhambu
Ingredients:
1. Tamarind paste
2. Asafeotida, a small piece
3. Dhania 2 tsp
4. Mustard seeds
5. Dry red pepper 2-3
6. Channa dal 2 tsp
7. Methi seeds 2 tsp (fenugreek seeds)
8. onions
9. Carrots or okra/ladies finger
Method of Preparation:
Chop onions, carrots or ladies finger into small pieces. In a hard bottomed vessel, sauté mustard seeds with oil on medium flame. After the seeds splitter, add the onions and fry them till golden brown. (If using the other vegetables, just boil them in salt water to cook). Add the tamarind extract or tamcon paste dissolved in water. Let this boil for sometime.
In the meantime, grind together asafoetida, dhania, dry red pepper, channa dal and methi seeds after frying in 1/2 spoon oil. Keep it aside the powder. When the mixture boils well, just add the ground powder to it and let it oil for a few more minutes. If the kuzhambu is very watery, just mix a spoon of rice flour to a spoon of water and add to the kuzhambu. This will give it some thickness. Garnish with curry leaves.
