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    Home » Kuzhambu & Other gravies

    Easy pepper kuzhambu, no onion no garlic Milagu kuzhambu

    June 24, 2013 by Raks Anand 32 Comments /

    no onion no garlic pepper kuzhambu

    This pepper kuzhambu recipe/ milagu kuzhambu recipe is No onion no garlic version. Eat it with hot rice and ghee, its great! Simple recipe to try.

    No onion no garlic pepper kuzhambu recipe

    Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Lunch
    Prep Time: 5 mins    |  Cook time: 15 mins    |  Serves: 2

    Ingredients

    Tamarind - Small gooseberry sized

    Water and salt - As needed

    To Roast & powder

    Pepper - 1 & ½ tsp

    Coriander seeds - 1 & ½ tsp

    Channa dal/ kadala paruppu - 1 tbsp

    Dry red chillies - 4

    Urad dal/ ulutham paruppu - 1 tsp

    Asafoetida - ⅛ tsp

    To temper

    Oil- 3 tbsp

    Mustard - 1 tsp

    Curry leaves - 1 sprig

    Instructions

    1. Roast golden and grind the items given under ‘To grind and powder’ table. (add asafoetida powder at the end)
    spice powder

    2. Grind to a fine powder. Heat a kadai and temper with mustard and curry leaves.

    temper

    3. Extract tamarind juice and add water to make it 2 & ½ cups. Bring to boil. Add powdered pepper mix and stir well to avoid lumps.

    add spice powder

    4. Boil until you get a thick gravy and oil floats on top.

    milagu kuzhambu ready

    Notes

    • You can add a sprig of curry leaves while roasting pepper and grind along for an extra flavour touch!
    • In all ways pepper is good for health and so as this kuzhambu!

    Serve hot with rice and ghee, with any kootu as accompaniment. I served with mixed vegetable kootu.

    easy pepper kuzhambu no onion no garlic

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. AparnaRajeshkumar

      June 24, 2013 at 7:32 am

      enough enough about stories please keep some thing for next post 🙂 😀 jokes apart ! hope u had a great time in chennai ! when my parents visit i definately try this kuzhambu for them 🙂 good one !

      Reply
    2. Rafeeda AR

      June 24, 2013 at 7:33 am

      lovely and easy recipe... perfect for lazy ppl like me!!! 🙂

      Reply
    3. prathibha Garre

      June 24, 2013 at 7:34 am

      nice kuzhambu...nice 2 knw that u enjoyed ur trip..I m sure u must b feeling hard to come back 2 ur routine after a long vacation,especially after getting pampered in India..

      Reply
    4. Shama Nagarajan

      June 24, 2013 at 7:59 am

      inviting recipe..love it

      Reply
    5. Sowmya Madhavan

      June 24, 2013 at 9:41 am

      Looks like you had lots of fun..I also left many things in bangalore, but fortunately I had another trip in two months and could get the things..kuzhumbu looks yumm..

      Reply
    6. Aruna Manikandan

      June 24, 2013 at 10:05 am

      healthy and delicious kuzhambu 🙂

      Reply
    7. Veena Theagarajan

      June 24, 2013 at 12:18 pm

      looks like u had loads of fun ur article reminds me of how I feel everytime after my visit to Trichy. Hmm! u r right always next time.. Very nice and yummy kuzhambu.. nice clicks Loved the first one the most

      Reply
    8. Pooja

      June 24, 2013 at 2:10 pm

      looks great! just one question: what brand of grinder do you use? I have one but I find it does not make a fine powder.. it's more course. please let me know. thanks 🙂

      Reply
    9. Kalpana Sareesh

      June 24, 2013 at 2:42 pm

      tats a grt authentic recipe..

      Reply
    10. Sandhya Raman

      June 24, 2013 at 5:01 pm

      Yummy kuzhambu for pune rains raks...thanks for the recipie.

      Reply
    11. Asha Shivakumar

      June 24, 2013 at 7:49 pm

      Glad you enjoyed in Chennai. It's a simple and great recipe you have here.

      Reply
    12. divya

      June 24, 2013 at 8:47 pm

      looks real yummy ! wonderful clicks !

      Reply
    13. Uma

      June 24, 2013 at 8:51 pm

      looks so delicious and tempting as always 🙂

      Reply
    14. Sangeetha Nambi

      June 25, 2013 at 4:36 am

      Super healthy and tasty kuzhambu.. I can have it with simple pappad !

      Reply
    15. Raks anand

      June 25, 2013 at 10:24 am

      I use Panasonic Mixer

      Reply
    16. SHARMILEE J

      June 26, 2013 at 2:04 am

      Nice flavourful kuzhambu...I wish I make this as its apt for this chilly weather

      Reply
    17. sangy

      June 26, 2013 at 4:23 am

      Made this yesterday and everyone loved it! Thanks as always!

      Reply
    18. Sona - quick picks/pick quicks

      June 26, 2013 at 11:38 am

      would jus tlove to have it with some rice, right now..the tangy spicy....uummmm !!! and..feel free to drop by my space too when you get the time. Just jotted some handy tips on "sane motherhood" on my "Picks quicks" blog. lets keep connected beyond the kitchen as well....

      Reply
    19. Pooja

      June 26, 2013 at 2:09 pm

      great.. will look for it. thanks!

      Reply
    20. Carole

      July 05, 2013 at 11:06 pm

      Hi there, Carole's Chatter is collecting recipes for sauces today. This is a good one. I do hope you pop over and link in. This is the link . Cheers

      Reply
    21. Umayal rukku

      July 07, 2013 at 3:13 pm

      Thanks for d recipie..... it tasted awsome..... delicious.... i made it for idly it made a good combo 🙂

      Reply
    22. janu

      July 12, 2013 at 6:01 am

      Made it today..thanks it came out well..One thing i noticed was we should grind the powder to very fine consistency. Or else i doesnt get thick consistency and the coarse grains settle at the bottom.Am i right??

      Reply
    23. Suba

      August 25, 2013 at 3:25 pm

      tried it today and it came out yummylicious Raji!! 🙂

      Reply
    24. Durga

      September 14, 2013 at 9:52 am

      Dead easy and tasty too. Tried this a week back...

      Reply
    25. Deepika Udayakumar

      December 19, 2013 at 11:04 am

      this is good for this winter.nice one yeah...

      Reply
    26. Bhar

      January 24, 2014 at 12:37 am

      I tried yesterday. It was very tasty. Thank you for the recipe.

      Reply
    27. Renuka Ambbarees

      August 28, 2014 at 2:35 am

      Came out well. ..have one doubt mam ... I boiled until I got thick gravy. ... Water got reduced and got 1 cup kuzhambu. .is it right?

      Reply
    28. geeth

      November 07, 2015 at 4:31 am

      Hi. i tried this recipe today. its too spicy even i added one red chilli instead of 4 chilli.
      how to reduce the spice level?

      Reply
    29. Raks anand

      November 07, 2015 at 5:44 am

      More tamarind and salt would balance the spice level

      Reply
    30. Poornima Sundararajan

      November 19, 2015 at 1:24 am

      Very easy and healthy one .Thank u 🙂

      Reply
    31. Sushma....

      June 29, 2017 at 3:53 pm

      How much oil does it need?

      Reply
    32. Raks anand

      June 30, 2017 at 12:49 am

      Oops, updated the recipe now. 3 tbsp.

      Reply

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