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Home » ACCOMPANIMENTS » Thakkali kuzhambu recipe, south Indian gravy for rice

Thakkali kuzhambu recipe, south Indian gravy for rice

December 24, 2012 by Raks Anand 34 Comments /

thakkali-kuzambu-recipe
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.
thakkali-kuzhambu-recipe

thakkali kuzhambu recipe

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

Click here for cup measurements

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

  3. 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.
  4. step 2 thakkali kuzhambu

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

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

  9. 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.
  10. step 5 thakkali kuzhambu

  11. Lastly add the first extracted coconut milk,salt and boil until oil separates and floats on top.
  12. 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

  1. Vardhini

    December 24, 2012 at 7:51 pm

    Looks terrific Raks. My mom makes a version of tomato kuruma that I drool over all the time :). The coconut in this kuzhambu reminded me of the kuruma. 🙂

    Vardhini
    Event: Bake Fest

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  2. Anu

    December 24, 2012 at 11:36 pm

    Thakkali kuzhambu with coconut milk would have tasted wonderful, even I drool for thakkali thokku and kuzhambu.

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  3. Veena Theagarajan

    December 25, 2012 at 12:13 am

    This is my hubby favourite and mum's speciality.. yours looks simple and yummy love the color!
    http://great-secret-of-life.blogspot.com

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  4. Nagalakshmi V

    December 25, 2012 at 1:48 am

    i too love tangy kuzhambu. yesterday made a version of this since i was craving it so bad.

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  5. Sowmya D.S.L

    December 25, 2012 at 1:55 am

    I love tangy tomato kuzhambu a lot !! thanks i m gonna give this a try 🙂

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  6. Sudha Sabarish

    December 25, 2012 at 4:33 am

    Always love to have this with roti,dosa and rice.But never tried with the coconut.Looks yummy.

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  7. APARNARAJESHKUMAR

    December 25, 2012 at 4:44 am

    we love this kind of kuzhambu instead of milk i use to grind the coconut ! 🙂 always yummy

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  8. Chitra

    December 25, 2012 at 9:41 am

    Loved its color. will try sometime..As u said i know only the coconut , fennel version 🙂

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  9. Jiboombaa

    December 25, 2012 at 11:56 am

    Mouthwatering kulambu! love it…

    Reply
  10. Jayanthi Karthikeyan

    December 25, 2012 at 9:50 pm

    Nice colourful clicks.

    Reply
  11. Shylaja Praveen

    December 26, 2012 at 12:20 am

    Delicious Kuzhambu raks. Nice alternative to regular Sambar and vetha Kuzhambu

    Reply
  12. Kalpana Sareesh

    December 26, 2012 at 5:36 am

    i simply love it…

    Reply
  13. Nivedhanams Sowmya

    December 26, 2012 at 8:56 am

    Beautiful pictures… so rich in color and so healthy!!!
    Sowmya
    Ongoing Event – Let's Party – Eggless Bakes and Treats
    Ongoing Event – SYF & HWS – Ginger

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  14. Shama Nagarajan

    December 26, 2012 at 9:32 am

    Yummy and inviting !!join me in Fast Food – Poha event in my blog here : http://easy2cookrecipes.blogspot.in/2012/12/fast-food-poha-aval-flattened-rice.html

    Reply
  15. Subha

    December 28, 2012 at 5:23 pm

    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.

    Reply
  16. Sharmilee! :)

    January 3, 2013 at 9:55 am

    Can almost see the flavour in ur clicks…nice variation kuzhambu, looks yum

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  17. Radhika

    January 24, 2013 at 7:10 am

    Wow d pic is sooo tempting..gr8 job Raks..this is sumthg vry new to mee..gonna try it today itself.thnx!!

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  18. Radhika

    January 24, 2013 at 3:19 pm

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  19. Radhika

    January 25, 2013 at 12:31 am

    Raks it turned out super..thnx!!

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  20. Radhika

    January 25, 2013 at 12:31 am

    Raks..it turned out so delicious..my hubby kept on saying..too gud so yumm…etc am so happy thnx!!

    Reply
  21. Nithya

    April 16, 2013 at 3:32 pm

    hi raji , thakkali kulambu simply super

    Reply
  22. Karkuzhali

    June 10, 2013 at 7:06 pm

    hi, i tried this today, came out very well,
    myself & my hubby liked this very much, nice recipe,
    thanks

    Reply
  23. Durga

    September 14, 2013 at 9:52 am

    Tried and it's delicious…

    Reply
  24. jaya chithra

    October 28, 2013 at 2:26 pm

    cool kozhambu

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  25. jeya preethi

    October 29, 2013 at 7:09 am

    sema taste!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i cooked .

    Reply
  26. Mahalakshmi

    November 25, 2013 at 8:50 am

    Very nice photos!

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  27. suchitra

    December 8, 2013 at 6:49 am

    Hi Raks……..Kulambu looks great…will try soon…Where did you buy the vessel in which you made Kulambu.?..Is it made of glass? It looks transparent….

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  28. suchitra

    December 9, 2013 at 8:20 pm

    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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  29. Raks anand

    December 9, 2013 at 8:28 pm

    I bought that here in Singapore. A type of corning ware. Called VISIONS.

    Reply
  30. jananb4u

    December 24, 2013 at 11:56 am

    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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  31. Ahilaa Kamuthurai

    June 3, 2015 at 9:05 am

    Tasted delicious…made our Sunday 🙂

    Reply
  32. Deepa

    September 7, 2016 at 10:03 am

    Tempted and delicious. Tried it in home and turned out super good result

    Reply
  33. Pooja Ashok

    May 31, 2020 at 11:38 am

    Hi! I want to try this but the grinding of coconut to extract milk is daunting. Can I use canned coconut milk? How do you recommend we adjust the quantity?

    Reply
    • Raks Anand

      May 31, 2020 at 2:53 pm

      Sure can use the canned ones. Dilute with water and use. You can add around 3-4 tbsp for this recipe. Adjust water quantity.

      Reply

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