Tamil Nadu

Karuvattu kuzhambu

Name: Karuvattu kuzhambu
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Tamil
Ingredients: 100 g soaked and cleaned dried salted fish; 3 small quartered brinjal (eggplant, aubergine); 1 in pieces drumstick (moringa pods); 12 peeled shallots; 10 cloves garlic; 1 medium tomato; a lemon sized ball tamarind; 2 cups water; 1 1/2 tbsp sambar powder; 1/4 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 3 tbsp sesame oil; 1/2 tsp mustard seeds; 1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds; 2 sprigs curry leaves; Salt, only a pinch

Dried fish in tamarind gravy with brinjal and drumstick. Pungent, punchy and deeply loved.

45 minTime

18 gProtein each

hotSpice

The dried fish curry2 chapters · 1 min read

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Grandma's wayKaruvadu with brinjal and drumstick in sesame oil.

The original

246kcalsame

18 gproteinsame

5 gfibresame

45minutessame

Karuvattu kuzhambu, Tamil coastal style.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Dried salted fish100 g, soaked and cleaned

Brinjal (eggplant, aubergine)3 small, quartered

Drumstick (moringa pods)1, in pieces

Shallots12, peeled

Garlic10 cloves

Tomato1 medium

Tamarinda lemon sized ball

Water2 cups

Sambar powder1½ tbsp

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Sesame oil3 tbsp

Mustard seeds½ tsp

Fenugreek seeds½ tsp

Curry leaves2 sprigs

Saltonly a pinch

Method

5 steps

1Soak dried fish in hot water 15 minutes, scrub, change the water twice and cut into pieces.
2Heat sesame oil, splutter mustard and fenugreek, add curry leaves, shallots and garlic and fry golden.
3Add tomato, brinjal and drumstick; saute 3 minutes. Add sambar powder and turmeric.
4Pour in tamarind extract and water and simmer until vegetables are almost cooked. Taste before adding salt.
5Add the dried fish and simmer 10 minutes until oil floats.

Serve it like this

Serve hot in a deep bowl with a swirl of ghee or a few coriander leaves on top, and rice or rotis on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Tamil Nadu

Karuvattu kuzhambu

Dried fish in tamarind gravy with brinjal and drumstick. Pungent, punchy and deeply loved.

45 minTime

18 gProtein each

hotSpice

The dried fish curry2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayKaruvadu with brinjal and drumstick in sesame oil.

The original

246kcalsame

18 gproteinsame

5 gfibresame

45minutessame

Karuvattu kuzhambu, Tamil coastal style.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Dried salted fish100 g, soaked and cleaned

Brinjal (eggplant, aubergine)3 small, quartered

Drumstick (moringa pods)1, in pieces

Shallots12, peeled

Garlic10 cloves

Tomato1 medium

Tamarinda lemon sized ball

Water2 cups

Sambar powder1½ tbsp

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Sesame oil3 tbsp

Mustard seeds½ tsp

Fenugreek seeds½ tsp

Curry leaves2 sprigs

Saltonly a pinch

Method

5 steps

1Soak dried fish in hot water 15 minutes, scrub, change the water twice and cut into pieces.
2Heat sesame oil, splutter mustard and fenugreek, add curry leaves, shallots and garlic and fry golden.
3Add tomato, brinjal and drumstick; saute 3 minutes. Add sambar powder and turmeric.
4Pour in tamarind extract and water and simmer until vegetables are almost cooked. Taste before adding salt.
5Add the dried fish and simmer 10 minutes until oil floats.

Serve it like this

Serve hot in a deep bowl with a swirl of ghee or a few coriander leaves on top, and rice or rotis on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Karuvattu kuzhambu

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Karuvattu kuzhambu

Make it your way

Ingredients

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