Tamil Nadu

Poondu kuzhambu

Name: Poondu kuzhambu
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Tamil
Ingredients: Garlic, about 25 cloves, peeled; 10 peeled shallots; a big lemon sized ball tamarind; 2 cups water; 1 small chopped tomato; 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; 1 1/2 tsp jaggery; Salt, to taste

Garlic cloves slow cooked in tamarind until they melt. Grandma's cure for every rainy evening.

35 minTime

3 gProtein each

hotSpice

The garlic kuzhambu2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's waySesame oil, no dal, a long reduction.

The original

185kcalsame

3 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

35minutessame

Poondu kuzhambu, Tamil home style.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Garlicabout 25 cloves, peeled

Shallots10, peeled

Tamarinda big lemon sized ball

Water2 cups

Tomato1 small, chopped

Sambar powder1½ tbsp

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Sesame oil3 tbsp

Mustard seeds½ tsp

Fenugreek seeds½ tsp

Curry leaves2 sprigs

Jaggery1½ tsp

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Soak tamarind in warm water and squeeze out 2 cups of thin extract.
2Heat sesame oil, splutter mustard and fenugreek, add curry leaves, then garlic and shallots. Fry on low until golden.
3Add tomato, turmeric and sambar powder; stir a minute, then pour in tamarind extract and salt.
4Simmer uncovered until thick and oil floats on top. Stir in jaggery at the end.

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

Poondu kuzhambu

Garlic cloves slow cooked in tamarind until they melt. Grandma's cure for every rainy evening.

35 minTime

3 gProtein each

hotSpice

The garlic kuzhambu2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's waySesame oil, no dal, a long reduction.

The original

185kcalsame

3 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

35minutessame

Poondu kuzhambu, Tamil home style.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Garlicabout 25 cloves, peeled

Shallots10, peeled

Tamarinda big lemon sized ball

Water2 cups

Tomato1 small, chopped

Sambar powder1½ tbsp

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Sesame oil3 tbsp

Mustard seeds½ tsp

Fenugreek seeds½ tsp

Curry leaves2 sprigs

Jaggery1½ tsp

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Soak tamarind in warm water and squeeze out 2 cups of thin extract.
2Heat sesame oil, splutter mustard and fenugreek, add curry leaves, then garlic and shallots. Fry on low until golden.
3Add tomato, turmeric and sambar powder; stir a minute, then pour in tamarind extract and salt.
4Simmer uncovered until thick and oil floats on top. Stir in jaggery at the end.

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.

Poondu kuzhambu

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Ingredients

Method

Poondu kuzhambu

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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