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    Home » Recipes » Kuzhambu & Other gravies

    Milagu poondu kuzhambu recipe, pepper garlic gravy

    May 21, 2015 by Raks Anand 14 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Milagu poondu kuzhambu or pepper garlic gravy is a south Indian gravy served with rice. Step by step pictures post.

    milagu poondu kuzhambu
    Milagu poondu kuzhambu
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    This Pepper garlic gravy recipe was sent to me by a reader Ramya Shankaran.

    Thank you for taking time to send it Ramya. I tried today and loved it. In fact, any tangy spicy kuzhambu is my kind of lunch, I can have it for a week.

    As Vj and Aj are not fan of tangy kuzhambu I rarely make. Today I made this along with cabbage kootu and thought of posting too.

    This has pepper in it, so good very flavorful along with garlic.

    Milagu Poondu kuzhambu
    Milagu poondu kuzhambu

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    milagu poondu kuzhambu
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    Milagu poondu kuzhambu or pepper garlic gravy

    Milagu poondu kuzhambu or pepper garlic gravy is a south Indian gravy served with rice. Step by step pictures post.
    Course Side Dish
    Cuisine Indian, South Indian
    Prep Time 15 minutes
    Cook Time 20 minutes
    Servings 4
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • ¼ cup Small onion
    • 1 tablespoon Tamarind Gooseberry size
    • ¼ teaspoon Turmeric
    • ½ teaspoon Jaggery Optional
    • Salt

    To sautee and grind

    • 2 teaspoon Black pepper
    • 4 Red chilli
    • ¼ cup Garlic
    • 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
    • 1 Onion
    • 1 Tomato
    • 3 Curry leaves sprig

    To temper

    • 1 tablespoon Sesame oil
    • ½ teaspoon Fenugreek seeds vendhayam
    • ½ teaspoon Mustard
    • 1 Curry leaves sprig Optional
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    Instructions

    • In a kadai, heat a teaspoon of oil firstly and add pepper, red chilli first, give it a stir and then jeera and garlic. Fry for a minute
    • Add onion, tomato, curry leaves and fry for 2 minutes in medium flame.
    • Option: If you like whole garlic in your kuzhambu, you can reserve ¾th garlic and sautee just ¼th of the garlic.
    • Cool down and grind to a paste. Add little water if needed.
    • Extract tamarind pulp by soaking it in hot water for 30 mins, with a cup of water.
    • Heat oil, temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table in order.
    • Add peeled onion and fry till golden. Add whole garlic if you have reserved in first step.
    • Add tamarind pulp, salt, turmeric, jaggery and boil for 2 minutes.
    • Add ground paste and add more water (1 & ½ cups) and mix well.
    • Boil until thick (Roughly 5 minutes) and transfer to the serving bowl.

    Notes

    • ¼ cup garlic holds around 15- 18 garlic flakes. Don’t think its too much and will over power the gravy, it will be subtle only.
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    Step by step

    1. To make milagu poondu kuzhambu, in a kadai, heat a teaspoon of oil firstly and add pepper, red chilli first, give it a stir and then jeera and garlic.
    2. Fry for a minute and then add onion, tomato, curry leaves and fry for 2 minutes in medium flame. Option : If you like whole garlic in your kuzhambu, you can reserve ¾th garlic and sautee just ¼th of the garlic.

      1-sautee
    3. Cool down and grind to a paste. Add little water if needed. Extract tamarind pulp by soaking it in hot water for 30 mins, with a cup of water.
      2-grind
    4. Secondly, heat oil, temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table in order. Add peeled onion and fry till golden. Then add whole garlic if you have reserved in first step. 
      3-temper
    5. After that pour tamarind pulp, salt, turmeric, jaggery and boil for 2 minutes. In goes the ground paste finally and add more water (1 & ½ cups) and mix well.
      4-boil
    6. Boil until thick (Roughly 5 minutes) and transfer to the serving bowl.
      5-thick

    Serve milagu poondu kuzhambu with rice and any mild kootu such as cabbage kootu, poriyal. Delicious, tangy and flavorful kuzhambu for rice.

    Milagu Poondu kuzhambu recipe
    Milagu poondu kuzhambu

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    Comments

    1. vishvaajit

      May 21, 2015 at 11:09 am

      This comment has been removed by the author.

      Reply
    2. nano1515

      May 21, 2015 at 11:40 am

      Can u suggest milagu kozhambu without onion garlic.

      Reply
    3. Sayantani

      May 21, 2015 at 7:29 pm

      am a big fan of kuzhambu and will try this recipe asap.

      Reply
    4. Sayantani

      May 21, 2015 at 7:29 pm

      am a big fan of kuzhambu and will try this recipe asap.

      Reply
    5. Raks anand

      May 22, 2015 at 12:28 am

      http://www.rakskitchen.net/2013/06/easy-pepper-kuzhambu-recipe-milagu.html

      Reply
    6. sujatha thamby

      May 25, 2015 at 2:17 am

      Raks,
      Tried this kulambu today....YUMMY!!!!
      Thanks

      Reply
    7. Lakshmi Palaniappan

      July 03, 2015 at 10:23 am

      Hi
      I tried this kuzhambu it tasted awesome! Thanks for the recipe

      Reply
    8. Shubha Satish

      November 17, 2015 at 2:09 am

      Looks lovely, will try it. Any tip on peeling small onions. I find it very time consuming.

      Reply
    9. Raks anand

      November 17, 2015 at 2:12 am

      You can add in water to peel it easily (After cutting the top and tail)

      Reply
    10. Hema

      October 15, 2016 at 4:25 pm

      This kuzhambu is getting ready at my home as I type this... Looks inviting and delicious! Thanks for the recipe 🙂

      Reply
    11. Rahulan Rajan

      November 08, 2016 at 10:55 pm

      I tried this once and my flatmates and I loved it. We make this in our apartment atleast once every two weeks.

      Reply
    12. Mumtaz Begum

      November 27, 2016 at 2:35 pm

      Thank you for this. Awesome with hot rice.

      Reply
    13. Vijeyalakshmi

      February 06, 2020 at 1:20 am

      Most simple and easiest recipe ever. Thanks.

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        February 06, 2020 at 8:43 pm

        Thanks a lot

        Reply

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