2014/04/28

KOLLU KUZHAMBU / HORSEGRAM CURRY



A very special authentic recipe from kongu cuisine for our dear friend Sangee Vijay on her birthday . She is an awesome sweet blogger .Her food photographs will make us drool for them.Happy and feeling good to have a friend like you . This recipe is for you my dear ...a part of virtual birthday treat to you along with Priya Akka , Priya , Viji , Divya and Pradeepa .

INGREDIENTS :

Horse gram / Kollu - 150 gms
Tomato - 2 medium size
Pearl/Sambar onion - 3/4 cup
Tamarind - a small piece
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Coriander leaves
Salt to taste

To grind : 

Pepper - 1 tsp
Jeera - 1 tsp
Red chillies - 10 
Soaked and boiled horse gram - 2 tbsps
Grated coconut-2 tbsps

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Clean and wash horse gram well .
2) Pressure cook it for 6 whistles with a tsp of oil and turmeric powder.




3) Heat a spoon of oil . Saute pepper , jeera , red chillies and grated coconut for 2 minutes . Allow it to cool down and grind them with little water along with 2 tbsps of horsegram.





4) Again , heat oil in a pan. Once hot , add mustard, jeera , onions and tomatoes and saute till tender .





5) Add , boiled horse gram with grinded masala , tamarind pulp and salt . Bring it boil and remove from flame when it thickens of proper consistency. Garnish it with Coriander leaves.








Serve hot with Rice .

13 comments:

Priya Suresh said...

Nutritious curry, wat a wonderful dish to celebrate Sangee's birthday virtually.

Nava K said...

This delicious curry will light up the glow on my other half's face.

www.mahaslovelyhome.com said...

Eye catching color n healthy curry

Priya said...

Kollu kulambhu looks very tempting ...Yummy ymmy

Sangeetha Nambi said...

My hometown gravy.. Love this all time

Hema said...

Very healthy and delicious kozhumbu..

Shobha said...

Simple and yummy !

cookbookjaleela said...

Healthy Diet kuzampu

Swathi said...

Delicious kollu curry love it.

Hamsi said...

Kollu Kulambu looks tasty and clearly presented. Delicious!

Gayathri Anand said...

Yummy and healthy Kuzhambu
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Gita Jaishankar said...

New and interesting recipe dear...healthy too :)

Jayanthy Kumaran said...

healthy n yummmy shama...thanks for sharing..:)
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