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Thursday, 12 December 2019

Vendaikkai Morkuzhambu (Iyengar Style)

Morkuzhambu is a tasty gravy made with sour curd or yogurt with coconut and spices . You can add any vegetables of your choice to this morzhuambu. I have added ladies finger to that and it taste delicious with rice and any vegetable curry as side dish.


Preparation Time: Under 30 minutes
Cooking Time: Under 15 minutes
Serves: 2 to 3 people

INGREDIENTS:

Sour Curd/Yogurt - 250 ml
Water - 1 cup
Ladies Finger - 8 no.s
Oil - 2 teaspoon

For Grinding :
Toor Dal - 3 tablespoon
Turmeric powder- 1/4 teaspoon
Dessicated coconut  - 2 tablespoon
Ginger - 1 inch sized
Green chilli - 2 no.s
Dry red chilli - 2 no.s
Cumin seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
Coriander leaves - a handful
Water - a required

For Seasoning:
Coconut oil - 1 tablespoon
Mustard -1 teaspoon
Curry leaves - as required
Dry red chilli - 2 no.s
Asafoetida powder- as required

METHOD:

1. Soak toor dal with warm water and turmeric for 40 minutes. Do not soak with more water. Just add required water , as we will grind it along with water.


2. In a pan, add some oil. Then add cumin seeds, ginger,fenugreek seeds,dry red chillis and green chilies and fry for few minutes.


3. Keep it aside. In the same pan , add some more oil, and fry the ladies finger, till they change color.


4. Now grind the soaked tuvar dal, along with items fried in step 2 , coconut powder  and coriander leaves into a smooth paste.


 5. In a large bowl, take 250 ml of sour curd or yogurt. Also add 1 cup of water and the paste prepared in step 4. Mix the contents well. Take it in a pan, and allow it to boil. Keep stirring constantly, else the curd will break.


6. Now add the fried ladies finger from step 3. Then switch off the stove.


7. In a seasoning pan, add coconut oil. Add the items mentioned in the "For seasoning" section. Pour it over the morkuzhambu  and mix well.




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