pongal kulambu /pongal kuzhambu recipe/sidedish for pongal
Ingredients
- Toor dal/thuvaram paruppu - 1/2 cup
- Mochai /field beans - 3/4 cup
- Tamarind extract - few tbsps according to taste and tanginess
- Mustard/kadugu - 1 tsp
- Jeera/cumin - 1 tsp
- Few curry leaves
- Some chopped coriander for garnish
- Small onions - 1/2 cup
- Tomato - 1 medium chopped
- Yellow pumpkin/parangikkai Avarakkai,Sweet potato,Brinjal - all together 1 cup
- Salt to taste
- Chilli powder - 2 tbsp
- Turmeric powder - 2 tsp
- Crushed garlic - 3-4 cloves
- Asafoetida - 3/4 tsp
- Oil - 2 tbsp
Instructions
- Soak tamarind and take extract and keep ready.
- Boil toor dal with mochai and keep ready(adding little salt to it).
- Keep a pressure cooker add oil ,add mustard and jeera.
- When it splutters add crushed garlic,curry leaves,onions and tomatoes.
- Add some asafoetida and cook nicely till tomatoes are soft.
- Then add veggies with turmeric,salt and chilli powder.
- Cook nicely then add dhal mixture with tamarind extract.
- Mix up with needed water and let it boil.
- Close the cooker and after one whistle switch off.
- When sound subsides let it boil for some more time garnish with coriander leaves and serve.
Notes
You can cook the veggies in open pan but it takes time to finish.
Your choice of veggies may vary but yellow pumpkin and avarakkai is a must.
In stead of sweet potato you can use regular potato or even yam.
Add tamarind according to the tanginess and taste.
You can add little ghee at the end but its optional.
I have cooked both field beans and dal together but you can boil it separately.
Your choice of veggies may vary but yellow pumpkin and avarakkai is a must.
In stead of sweet potato you can use regular potato or even yam.
Add tamarind according to the tanginess and taste.
You can add little ghee at the end but its optional.
I have cooked both field beans and dal together but you can boil it separately.