Murungakkai poricha kuzhambu recipe - a mild recipe but flavorful gravy for rice. Goes well with hot steamed rice and ghee. Includes vazhakkai poriyal recipe too!
We make poricha (poritha to be more precise in Tamil) kuzhambu with different veggies and in two varieties, one is with coconut in it and the other without coconut and called “ Raathiri poricha kuzhambu” ( Rathiri means “Night time”). It is more like a dal.
Poricha kuzhambu is nothing but a dal with coconut and mild spices and usually no tamarind in it.
I love the one made with brinjal, my favorite veggie and also this with drumstick, equally. Because, this has a nice flavor! I just love it 😍.
My mom makes this often, but i rarely make because I rarely buy drumstick! Here drumsticks are not fresh and so different from India ones even if they are fresh.
These drumsticks I have used is from India, when my BIL came here last week.
My FIL bought and passed it through him. So I thought I should make this with India drumstick as they are best flavorful.
Method
- Cut drumstick into long pieces that you have desired.
- Boil moong dal with tomato, turmeric, sambar powder and after its half done add drumstick and salt.
- If you are comfortable in pressure cooking, just add everything in a pressure cooker with just enough water and give 2 whistles.
- But I always mess up, either the moong will be uncooked or the drumstick will get broken. So I always be safe boiling it in open pot.
5. Grind coconut and rice flour with little water and add to the cooked drumstick, moong mixture and give a boil. Remove from fire.
6. Temper with the items under “To temper” table and brown the onions nicely and mix well and serve with rice!
Enjoy murungakkai poricha kuzhambu with hot steaming rice and ghee. A spicy potato curry will be best accompaniment for this.
Recipe card
Murungakkai poricha kuzhambu recipe
Ingredients
- 2 Drumstick
- ¼ cup Moong dal paasi paruppu
- 1 teaspoon Sambar powder
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- 1 Tomato chopped
- ⅛ teaspoon Asafetida powder
- Salt
To grind
- ½ cup Coconut grated
- ¼ teaspoon Rice flour
To temper
- 2 teaspoon Oil
- ½ teaspoon Mustard
- 1 teaspoon Urad dal
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
- 2 tablespoon Small onion chopped
- ⅛ teaspoon Asafetida
Instructions
- Cut drumstick into long pieces that you have desired.
- Boil moong dal with tomato, turmeric, sambar powder and after its half done add drumstick and salt.
- If you are comfortable in pressure cooking, just add everything in a pressure cooker with just enough water and give 2 whistles. But I always mess up, either the moong will be uncooked or the drumstick will get broken. So I always be safe boiling it in open pot.
- Grind coconut and rice flour with little water and add to the cooked drumstick, moong mixture and give a boil. Remove from fire.
- Temper with the items under “To temper” table and brown the onions nicely and mix well and serve with rice!
Notes
- Do not add more rice flour while grinding coconut.
- Caramelize small onion while sauteeing, for best flavor.
Vazhakkai poriyal recipe
This is very very very easy to make recipe,yet the flavor is really great! Can be made in a jiffy!
Ingredients
- Vazhakkai/ plantain - 2
- Sambar powder - 1 & ½ tsp
- Turmeric - ¼ tsp
- salt - As needed
- Coconut gratings - 2 tbsp
- Rice washed water - 2 cups
To Temper
- Mustard - ½ tsp
- Urad dal - 1 tsp
- Oil - 1 tsp
- Curry leaves - A sprig
Method
- Peel the skin of the plantains and cut them to ur desired,bite size pieces!
- Keep them immersed in Arisi mandi,till you cook it.Wash them thoroughly in it to remove the stickiness of the plantain.
3.Boil it with enough water (just to immerse), sambar powder, turmeric and salt and cook just till done.Takes very less time,don’t over cook.
4. Drain the water and keep aside.
5. Heat a kadai and temper with the tempering items
6. Followed by the cooked plantains and fry just for a minute to make it dry.
7. Add the coconut gratings and fry for a minute, ready!!
Both of these can be made easily and it's a very light meal!
Aruna Manikandan
My Dad's favorite dish
Thanks for sharing the dish
Wonderful pictures!!!!!!!!!!
Prathibha
The pics are so gorgeous and so is the meal raks..looks like a perfect combo with rice..
Faiza Ali
Simple yet delicious...Wonderful clicks dear.
jeyashrisuresh
i love drumstick kootu a lot. That too my dad prefer this to be cooked by me rather than my mom.My all time fav. I make it in a completely different way.
Valakai curry looks yum and so simple,will try out ur version soon.Nice clicks
Kanchan
I knew of Sambhar but the dry veggie is quite new to me , looks quite simple !
Sushma Mallya
Loved the colour of it raks as well as the recipe...wonderful clicks too....
Sush
thumbs up for both the dishes 🙂
Priya
Gorgeous dishes, poricha kuzhambu and vazhakkai poriyal both together makes me hungry Raks..delicious combo..
Sanghi
Kuzhambu and poriyal looks tempting!
Pari
Both the dishes are so good, nice combo with hot rice.
Sandhya Hariharan
Heyy nice...
Poricha Koyumbu is on such dish I learnt from my MIL.. but our version seems to b very different!!
Anonymous
Dear,
This is going to be on my list for next week.really delicious!
Tried ur 'kadai bindhi'. It was superb...tnx for the recipe&also tnx for the kind words on my blog
sowmya.s
my friend made this kozumbu for me once..am yet to try it..
jayasree
Delicious combo for a comfort meal.
Chitra
Awesome clicks as usual..Soaking plantain in mandi is new to me..will try next time 🙂
Home Cooked Oriya Food
both dishes look good. I love the drumstick one - I love drumsticks...
Nags
the consistency of the kuzhambu looks just perfect! bookmarked!
Sarah Naveen
Excllnt clicks!!!!
Both curry and Poriyal looks fabulously yummy dea...!!!!
EC
Excellent traditional spread..thanks for participating
Sailaja Damodaran
Nice event recipe....
lata raja
Both tempting everyday dishes done with lovely pictures.
Happy cook
Wow i just love that drumstick curry, that looks so so yumm.
I am bookmarking this one as my hubby and daughter just love drumsticks.
Ambika
Hi Raks, the poricha kuzhambu and poriyal look delicious!! You reminded me of my mother, we love drumsticks, especially in poricha kuzhambu. Me and my dad used to pick fresh drumstick from the backyard and this was a staple in my childhood. Please accept 'One Lovely Blog Award' from me at my blog!
Cham
Murungakkai porricha kuzhambu is my sis favo! Very inviting dish with raw banana!
Gulmohar
Both kuzhambu and priyal looks tempting..:-) Is arisi mandi, the water which we wash the rice ?(Though I know a lil bit Tamil, this is a new word for me !!)
Gita
Yummy and tempting kuzambu. rathri poricha kuzumbu is new to me...I have to ask my mom about this too 🙂 Delicious side dish too.
Tina
Wow superb clicks....Vazhakkai poriyal sounds great...
lissie
delicious kulambu...! I will surely try this recipe.
Thanks for leaving a comment on my blog!
Lissie
http://saltandspice.org/
rekhas kitchen
wow what a combination Raks yum. both are looking great and mouthwatering beautiful click.
Suma Rajesh
very good entry dear..looks sooo tempting..
Shwetha
This is my visit and I have to say that you've got a wonderful blog here. I love how beautifully you've captured the food. The colors are so natural and vivid. Great job!
srikars kitchen
nice entry.. my version is little diff.i will try ur method.
Sharmilee! :)
Havent tried poricha kolambu will try it soon, perfect combo with vazhakai poriyal!
Valarmathi
Looks absolutely delicious. Beautiful click.
Sangeetha Subhash
pics are tempting...i love drumstick sooooooooo much...looks delicious..feel like having it rite now..
Anu
Wow looks so perfect.. Excellent dishes....
Nice click...
n33ma
your photography is spectacular.Next time I get drumsticks im sure to make this.
Sumathi
The dishes looks so yummy..gud combination..
DEESHA
its always this kind of food that gives us so much gratification isn't it
Anshika
This is such a delicious curry. With rice it will make a complete meal. Wonderful!!
Ammu Madhu
My favorite poricha kulambu..i love drumstick..but i used to put paakarkai in it..i love taste..wonderul recipe..Keep goin..
Shobana senthilkumar
Hi raji,
ur dish luks so rich...ur version of poricha kulambu is differnt must make shot of urs:)
jayasri
lovely photos love, next time i will try ur version of poricha kuzhambu, i made vazhakkai poriyal the other day.., both look great..
Pavithra
Looks so yumm and gorgeous.. mouthwatering raks.. ur pict always rocks...
Soma
The first recipe has some awesome colors. I love drumsticks, but has been ages since I had fresh ones.
the second one is so easy to make, but again so fresh & bountiful flavors. beautiful pictures as usual Raks.
Soma
http://www.ecurry.com
my kitchen
Beautiful snaps.Poricha kuzhambu looks so yummy.
Priya
I made the kozhamu today for my guests and everyone loved it! Including me! I've never made this or had this before.
It was soooo yummy with rice and ghee!
THANK YOU!
Devi Meyyappan
very nice recipe!!.. nice presentation!!
utbtkids
Rajeshwari, I have tried quite a few of your recipes and love them. Can you give the recipe for no coconut poricha kuzhambu? Thanks.
darshinspassion4cooking
i tried it last night....it was tasty.i luv ur blog.
darshinspassion4cooking
i tried it last night....it was tasty.i luv ur blog.
RAKS KITCHEN
Thank you Priya,darshinspassion4cooking,utbtkids and devi!
I will soon post the recipe without coconut 🙂
ambika clyton
hi this is ambika
i tried this recipe last night and it came out wonderful and i waited for my hubbies comment. as soon as he came he opened the vessel and smelled and got very much excited. he said that he come across this kuzhambu in his childhood days, his mom used to do this often. he really enjoyed it and made the vessel empty. the highlight is after dinner he ringed his mom and shared the entire thing. he really thanked me bringing back his memory and encouraged me to do more. heartful thanks to rak's kitchen. you really rocks. receips are really interesting and mouth watering
Aarthy Sivaraman
Sorry one another thing is drum stick the only veggie to be used or any other suggestion.
Thanks,
Aarthy.
Aarthy Sivaraman
Hi,
Does rice flour serve any main purpose?
Can i use idiyappam flour for the same?
Tried ur badusha and paruppu urundai kulambu it came out really well 🙂
Aarthy.
RAKS KITCHEN
Thank you so much Ambika for the nice words and the prompt feedback, you made my day 🙂
Aarthy, you can use idiyappam flour sure, it adds a nice flavor and acts as thickening agent too.
RAKS KITCHEN
And you can use other veggies like avarakkai(broad beans)and unripe tomato, even you can make it without any veggies.
PriyaVaasu
Looks yum raks!!!wonderful combo!!
Meenal Ramanathan
is it that we have use moong dhall?.can we do it thoor dhall
RAKS KITCHEN
Yes meena moong dal is recommended ... Otherwise smells like sambar if use toor dal here..
Swapna
in PLANTAIN/VAZHAKKAI PORIYAL is it a wet or dry coconut?? please advice
Agnel CJ Kurian
Did not see any "sambar powder" in the sidebar. Please hyperlink for us lazy people.
Raks anand
Sorry about that, updated now 🙂
shivapriya Iyer
Hi Raks...I have a doubt on the vazhakkai poriyal...You mentioned "Boil it with enough water(just to immerse),sambar powder,turmeric and salt and cook just till done.Takes very less time,don’t over cook. Drain the water and keep it aside".
My question is, why should we add the sambhar powder and salt and drain it all?? Should we add salt once again later?
Raks anand
As the vazhakkai gets cooked, since we are cutting into cubes, it will suck the necessary spice and salt so no need to add later. So add that much salt as required.