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Thakkali kuzhambu recipe, south Indian gravy for rice

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Thakkali kuzhambu, learn how to make tomato gravy for rice! Tangy and yummy gravy with tomato, onion , coconut milk.
Thakkali kulambu/ thakkali kuzhambu – I drool 😋even when I say that. I like this a lot but never got chance or had a recipe to try. When I was going through the recipe book mom gave me, this suddenly fell in my eyes. I have scanned this book several times with my eyes for recipes to try, but somehow this recipe has been ignored by me. So at last I tried this and loved it to the core. I had this two times with hot rice the day I made it. Its so yummy and rich with coconut milk in it. Usually the tomato kuzhambu recipe will be with ground coconut and fennel, this one was totally different. And I am sure I would make this often here after. I just followed the recipe as such in the book as I was making it for the first time.
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thakkali kuzhambu recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian |  Recipe Category: Lunch
Prep Time: 20 mins   |  Cook time: 20 mins |  Serves: 3  | Author:

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Thakkali kuzhambu, learn how to make tomato gravy for rice, tangy yummy gravy with tomato, onion , coconut milk.
thakkali kuzhambu recipe

Ingredients

Tomato – 4
Small onion (shallots) – 12
Green Chillies – 10
Sambar powder – 2 & 1/2 tsp
Coconut from – 1/2 of a coconut
Salt – as needed
To temper
Oil – 2-3 tblsp
Mustard – 1 tsp
Curry leaves – A sprig

How to make Thakkali kuzhambu:

  1. Boil enough water in a vessel and add the tomatoes to keep immersed for 20 seconds to half a minute. Take it out and you should be able to peel off the skin like just we do for potatoes.

    2. thakkali kuzhambu preparation 1

  2. Grate coconut and grind it with 1/4 cup water and strain/ squeeze to get first milk using a broad metal strainer. Again add 1/4 cup luke warm water to the coconut remain and grind again to extract second.

    3. step 2 thakkali kuzhambu

  3. Keep both extracted milk separately. Mash the peeled tomatoes well with your hands. Peel the shallots and slice them lengthwise.

    4. step 3 thakkali kuzhambu

  4. Heat a kadai/pan with oil and splutter mustard. Add curry leaves,green chillies and onion. Fry until golden spot appears over the onion.

    5. step 4 thakkali kuzhambu

  5. Add the second extracted thin coconut milk, 1 & 1/4 cup water, the mashed tomatoes, sambar powder. Boil for 5-6 minutes in medium flame or until desired thick consistency is reached.

    6. step 5 thakkali kuzhambu

  6. Lastly add the first extracted coconut milk,salt and boil until oil separates and floats on top.

    7. step 6 thakkali kuzhambu

Notes

  • Use red ripe and tangy tomatoes for best results. (Naatu thakkali)
  • If you feel the tomato is less in tanginess, you can add a tblsp of thick tamarind extract in this.
  • Dont think 10 chillies are too much for this, it will be needed to balance the tanginess.
  • You can replace sambar powder with 1 tsp red chilli powder and 1 & 1/2 tsp of dhaniya powder.
  • If you want it on more spicier side, add more chilli or chilli powder.

Thakkali kuzhambu ready! Who wants tangy, yummy thakkali kuzhambu?
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Comments

  30. Subha

    I tried this yesterday for Dosa when friends visited. Turned out great. I used coconut milk instead and still tasted great. Thanks so much for a quick, easy and delicious recipe.

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  56. suchitra

    Hey Raks….Kulambu looks great….will try it soon.Can you pls tell me where did you buy the vessel in which you made kulambu? It looks transparent like it is made of glass…..

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  60. jananb4u

    Hi Raks, tried this yesterday night for dinner along with idly… it came out so well.. my mom doesn't like fennel, n all those masala items.. she was surprised with this taste without any masala items… u know some thing, normally she eats 4 idlies, with this she ate almost 6!

    Thank u …
    Jan

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