Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, okra/ladiesfinger/vendaka kara kulzhambu. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Vendakkai Kara Kulambu/Kuzhambu is a simple & delicious curry prepared in South Indian Household using Bhindi/Okra. Okra or Ladies finger curry is one of the famous dishes in Sri Lanka. We cook okra in various ways and this is one of the delicious ways. A mildly spiced tangy flavourful gravy made using ladies finger(Okra).
Okra/Ladiesfinger/Vendaka Kara kulzhambu is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Okra/Ladiesfinger/Vendaka Kara kulzhambu is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook okra/ladiesfinger/vendaka kara kulzhambu using 25 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Okra/Ladiesfinger/Vendaka Kara kulzhambu:
- Take 300 g ladies finger
- Take 2 tbspn oil
- Get 1 onion (chopped)
- Get 1 tomato (chopped)
- Get 1 green chilli (slit)
- Prepare 10 cloves garlic
- Get Tempering
- Prepare 5 tbspn gingely oil
- Prepare 1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds
- Take 1 tsp mustard seeds
- Prepare 1/2 tsp urad dal
- Get 2 spring curry leaves
- Make ready To grind
- Get 1 big onion
- Prepare 2 tomato
- Prepare 1 tsp cumin/jeera seeds
- Prepare Spices
- Get 1 tbspn red chilli powder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- Make ready 2 tsp coriander powder
- Make ready 2 tsp mixed masala powder/ kuzhambu podi
- Take To soak
- Make ready Lemon size tamarind
- Make ready 2 cups water
- Prepare 1 tsp Jaggery
Wider the pan - the better, as it will have more surface area and the ladies finger will brown faster and better without. Cut the tip and tail and discard it. Tamilnadu Kuzhambu Varieties > Vendakkai kara kuzhambu You may also like these recipes.
Steps to make Okra/Ladiesfinger/Vendaka Kara kulzhambu:
- Soak tamarind in water. Take the ingredients to grind in a blender and make a paste.
- Heat 2 tbspn oil in a pan, add ladiesfinger and roast for 5 minutes. Keep aside.
- In the same pan heat gingely oil, add fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds and urad dal.
- After mustard cracks add garlic, green chilli,curry leaves and onion. Saute till golden brown.
- Next add tomatoes and stir till it's mushy and then add the ground paste. Saute till raw smell disappears.
- Now add all the spices: turmeric, red chilli, coriander and mixed masala powders. Saute till oil separates from the sides.
- Extract the tamarind pulp strain and add to the kulzhambu. Add salt, cover and cook for 10 minutes.
- When it starts boiling add the ladies finger. Boil for 5 minutes and finally add jaggery. Mix well.
Tamilnadu Kuzhambu Varieties > Vendakkai kara kuzhambu You may also like these recipes. This is my mom in law's basic sambar recipe for rice in which we use lady's finger @ okra. Last week a reader mailed me to blog basic sambar & vathakuzhambu recipes. So i thought of sharing this recipe which might be useful for Tamil new year lunch menu too.
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