Poricha Kozhambu & Puli vantha saar...

This is one of my dad's favorite... Poricha kozhambu and puli vantha saar... I made this last week and thouroughly enjoyed it... Wow what a combination and a complete healthy meal....Since in poricha kozhambu we won't use tamarind, the puli vantha saar is the great combination for this which will be tangy and spicy...! Here is the recipe which i learnt from my mom who learnt from her mother-in-law (my granny)..... You can use as many veggies as poss.... More the veggie more the taste....

 

 

 

 

Ingredients for Poricha Kozhambu :

 

Cut Mix veg - 2 Cups

(Carrot, Drumstick, Sponge Gourd, Snake Gourd, Brinjal, Pumpkin, Ash Gourd)

Toor Dhal - 1 Cup (Pressure cooked)

Turmeric - 1/4 tsp

Water - 2 cups

Sambar Powder - 2 tsp

Salt - 1 tsp

Asafoedita - 2 pinch

Curry leaves - Few

Oil - 2 tsp

Mustard - 1 tsp

Jeera - 1 tsp

 

How to make :

 

1. In a thick pan, boil the water and add all the veggies and turmeric. Let it cook.

 

2. When it is half cooked, just add the sambar powder and salt to it.

 

3. Once the Veggies are cooked fully, add the boiled dhal to it and mix well. Add the asafoedita and let this boil for 2-3 mins.

 

4. Tamper the poricha kozhambu with oil, mustard, jeera and curry leaves.

 

 

Now we will see how to make this tangy and spicy Puli vantha saar....

 



Ingredients:

Tamarind - 1 big lemon size (soaked for 30 mins in 1 cup water)

Red chilli - 5-6

Gingelly oil - 3 tbsp

Mustard - 1 tsp

Fenugreek - 1/2 tsp

Channa Dal - 1 tsp

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric - 1 pinch

Asafoedita - 2 pinch

How to make:

 

1. Take a thick pulp from the soaked tamarind. Add little water and squeeze out the balance tamarind juice as well.

 

2. In a pan, heat the oil, add the mustard, fenugreek, channa dal. Once the mustard crackles, add the red chilli and add the tamarind water taken second time.

 

3. Add the turmeric powder and add the thick tamarind pulp. Let this cook in simmer till the tamarind raw flavour disappears.

 

4. By then this quantity would have reduced to half. Just the asafoedita and remove it  from stove.