Tuesday, January 19, 2010

LADIES FINGER PULI KULAMBU

Ingredients:
Ladies Finger – 15-20 nos.
Sesame Oil – 3 tsp
Mustard – 1 tsp
Fenugreek Seed – 1 tsp
Red Chili – 1
Big Onion – 1/2 ( chopped )
Curry Leaves – 1 strand
Tomato – 1
Salt – as required
Turmeric – 1 tsp
Aachi Kulambu Milagai Powder/ Home made chicken masala powder – 1 tsp
Tamarind – 1 lemon Size
To Grind:
Coriander Seed – 3/4 tsp
Cumin – 1/2 tsp
Pepper – 3 nos
Red Chili – 2
Garlic – 2 cloves
Curry Leaves – 1 strand
Bing Onion – 1/4 ( Chopped )
Procedure:
Cut Ladies Finger into 1 inch pieces.
Soak tamarind in water for 30 min and extract the juice to 1 1/2 cups.
Fry the items in “To Grind” Section in oil and allow it to cool down. Grind them into Fine paste.
In a small pan, pour 1 tsp of oil and fry Ladies finger for 5-10 min, till you see slight golden brown color.
In a pan add Oil, mustard, fenugreek and wait till the mustard splutter, add red chili, curry leaves and chopped onion.
Fry till the onion is translucent, add tomato and fry for a minute.
Add the Ladies finger, Salt, ground paste, turmeric, Aachi kulambu milagai powder, water – 1 1/2 cup and allow it to boil for 10 min.
Add the tamarind juice and check for the salt. Allow it to boil for 10 min.

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