Karunai Kizhangu Kuzhambu:

Karunai Kizhangu Kuzhambu is another chettinad captivating recipe,Which is healthy and delicious.This is regularly used in most of the houses for its significant and amazing health benefits without any side effects,its good for curing loss of appetite,bleeding piles and piles related problem,it helps to reduce constipation.Combination Plain cooked Rice and ghee or sesame oil and Paruppu Thogayal,Any Poridge,Ragi kool or kambangool .

Recipe link for paruppu Thovayal,http://wp.me/p1o34t-qu

Ingredients:

Karunai Kizhangu-1/2 kilo  (pressuer cook for a whistle peel off skin and cut round size)

Onion-1

Garlic pods-7 nos

Curry leaves-1 twig

Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp

Tamarind extract-1 big lemon sized or 1/4 cup

Sambar masala powder-2 1/2 tsp

Tomato-1 chopped

To season:

Oil-1 tbsp

Fennel seed-1/ tsp

Cumin seeds-1/2 tsp

Methi seeds-1/4 tsp

Peel Onion,Garlic cut lengthwise,chop Tomato. Boil Karunai Kizhangu,peel skin,cut in to round slices and keep it ready.

2.Heat oil in a wide thick bottom pan,season with above “To temper Ingredients”.

3.Add cut onion and Garlic saute well, add cut Karunai kizhangu along with this to saute in oil for 2 minutes.

4.Add curry leaves and Tomato,sprinkle some Salt and Turmeric powder mix it altogether.

5.Add sambar masala powder and Tamarind juice to it,add 1 1/2 cup of water and allow it to boil for 15 minutes,so that the kilangu absorbs tamarind juice and masala added in it.If you prefer more gravy grind 1/2 onion and 1 tomato mix along with this gravy to boil.

6.Remove from flame when oil floats on top and gravy becomes thick.

Serve with plain cooked rice,Ragi kool or Kambu Puttu..