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Monday, March 21, 2011

Venthaiya keerai puli kulambu

My husband brought this keerai yday.I havent tried any recipe with this.I just searched in online for recipe.I could find only recipe for venthaiya keerai with dhal but my husband dont like to have it with dhal so i thought of innovating a recipe by changing already existing recipe.I I came across a blog 'Thenu's kitchen' where she posted recipe for venthaya kulambu...i like the recipe so just planned to add the keerai in it and try it.Here goes my recipe...

http://thenuskitchen.blogspot.com/2009/09/vendhaya-kulambu.html

Ingrediants:

Venthya keerai(Methi leaves)- 1/2 cup
Mustard seed -1 tsp
Jeera-1 tsp
Curry leaves-1 spring
Methi seed-1 tsp
Small onion-15 nos or 1 big onion
Garlic-15 pod
Turmeric powder-1 tsp
Tomato-1 big one
Chilly powder- 1 tsp
Dhania powder-3 tsp
Tamrind juice-1/2 cup
Coconut-5 tbsp
Water-1 cup


Recipe:
*Chop the venthaiya keerai and keep it in a bowl with little salt in it.(It keeps the green leaves greenish)
*In a kadai,Pour some gingerly oil(Nalenai) and add mustard seed,jeera.,curry leaves,hing,methi seed.Fry till methi seed is little brown.Dont make it black,else it will bcom bitter.
*Add onion and fry till it bcom soft and little bit pinkish colour.
*Add turmeric powder and chopped garlic.Fry for awhile and add tomato with little bit salt.
*Add chilly powder and dhania powder,cook till oil seperates
*Now add the venthai keerai and add tamrind juice and water.cook till kulambu bcoms thick.
*Grind coconut with more water and add it to the kulambu.Cook till coconut and tamrind raw smell goes.
*Garnish with some coriander leaves...

The kulambu goes well with rice and papad.Yummy puli kulambu ready.

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