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Home » BACHELOR COOKING » Vathal kuzhambu recipe, South Indian vathal kuzhambu

Vathal kuzhambu recipe, South Indian vathal kuzhambu

July 15, 2013 by Raks Anand 44 Comments /

sundakkai vathal kuzhambu
Vathal kuzhambu recipe, Sundakkai vathal kuzhambu, flavourful kuzhambu made with dried vegetables like sundakkai vathal, mangai vathal, kothavarangai vathal.
As I have said in my earlier post, I love love vathal kuzhambu than any other kuzhambu. Usually vathal kuzhambu recipes made by brahmins/ iyer has only vathal and no onion or garlic I think. But we make it with both. Though this time I made without garlic, we usually add finely chopped small onions and garlic. I love sundakkai vathal fried darkly to accompany curd rice. Never tasted the ones in these kuzhambu. Don’t ask about sundakkai kootu or sambar, I will run miles away from it. My mom insists to eat it for its health benefits. But I can’t eat. I love vathals though.
We had sudakkai plant in our backyard, still have one at Salem. It yields a lot of sudankkai (turkey berry). I like to make vathals out of sundakkai, its an interesting process. Yes, my mom washes and spreads the berries and we use a clean hammer to gently nudge on it and open it up. Then its all added to sour buttermilk and sundried to make vathal. Its stored and used throughout the year.
I always wonder how our cuisine uses up the vegetables in form of vathals and it comes handy to cook at home, even when there is no vegetables in hand. Cool right? 😎. Sundakkai has a lot of health benefits, though I don’t know many, one main thing is it can help you to get rid of worms in tummy, especially for bachelors who eat outside food and kids. Its also rich iron.

sundakkai vathal kuzhambu

Sundakkai vathal kuzhambu recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Lunch
Prep Time: 10 mins    |  Cook time: 20 mins    |  Serves: 4

“>Vathal kuzhambu recipe, Sundakkai vathal kuzhambu, flavourful kuzhambu made with dried vegetables like sundakkai vathal, mangai vathal, kothavarangai vathal.

sundakkai vathal kuzhambu

Ingredients

Sundakkai vathal (dried turkey berry) – 20


Onion – 1


Tamarind – Gooseberry sized


Sambar powder  – 2 & 1/2 tsp


Turmeric – 1/4 tsp


Jaggery – 1/2 tsp


Salt – As needed


To temper

Sesame oil – 2 tblsp


Mustard – 1/2 tsp


Fenugreek seeds – 1/2 tsp


Urad dal – 1 tsp


Toor dal – 1 tsp


Jeera/ cumin seeds – 1 tsp


Curry leaves – 1 Sprig


Method

  1. Chop onion finely, extract tamarind juice by soaking it in hot water for 10 minutes.  Make it 2 and 1/2 cups by adding water to it. Set aside. Heat a kadai with sesame oil, temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table. Before adding curry leaves, add sudakkai vathal and fry until everything turns golden brown in colour. Make sure the vathal gets fried. Add curry leaves followed by chopped onion. Fry till it turns brown here and there.
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  3. Add the tamarind juice, bring to boil, add sambar powder, turmeric and salt. Lower the flame to medium.
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  5. Boil for 6-8 minutes or until oil separates, towards the end, add jaggery and mix well. Switch off the flame when the kuzhambu gets thick.
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Notes

    • You can replace sudakkai vathal with any other vathal.
    • You can make this as no onion no garlic too. Add asafoetida while tempering. Or you can also add on finely chopped garlic in this recipe. Adds more flavour.

Usually, vathal kuzhambu and kootu is the best combination to serve. Thogayal also goes well with this.

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  1. AparnaRajeshkumar

    July 15, 2013 at 9:27 am

    Yes as u said vathakuzhambu is no onion and no garlic 🙂 variations are always there 🙂 so we can add the garlic and onion 🙂 The first snap shot with coconut thokayal 🙂 i am drooling!

    Reply
  2. prathibha Garre

    July 15, 2013 at 9:59 am

    Love tangy kind of side dishes with rice..looks yumm

    Reply
  3. Nivedhanams Sowmya

    July 15, 2013 at 10:03 am

    best comfy food!!! love the delicious vathal kuzhambu!!
    Sowmya

    Reply
  4. Ramya Krishnamurthy

    July 15, 2013 at 10:05 am

    yummy and my most favorite kuzhambu

    Reply
  5. Uma Ramanujam

    July 15, 2013 at 10:07 am

    One of my fav too Raks. we prepare it without onion and garlic as Aparna n u said. YUmmy with steamy rice…isn't it?

    Reply
  6. Harini M

    July 15, 2013 at 10:25 am

    Looks delicious 🙂

    Reply
  7. Chella KS Nathan

    July 15, 2013 at 10:38 am

    Raks amazing recipie 🙂 loved the clicks and how i wish to eat that plate full of tasty food 🙂 yum yum 🙂

    Reply
  8. CHITRA

    July 15, 2013 at 11:18 am

    Lovely clicks. My fav 🙂

    Reply
  9. Shama Nagarajan

    July 15, 2013 at 11:50 am

    delicious…

    Reply
  10. BAGIRATHI DEVI

    July 15, 2013 at 1:52 pm

    Color is perfect I will try

    Reply
  11. anusha praveen

    July 15, 2013 at 2:06 pm

    Now that s some thing that i would like to eat with hot rice and ghee. Yumm

    Reply
  12. Anu Shoj

    July 15, 2013 at 5:40 pm

    very nice and yummy kozhambu…nice clicks..
    Anu's Healthy Kitchen – Cucumber Masala Buttermilk

    Reply
  13. Vimitha Anand

    July 15, 2013 at 6:08 pm

    Its my favorite… Looks so tempting

    Reply
  14. Gayathri Ramanan

    July 15, 2013 at 8:26 pm

    my fav too..love to eat it with curd rice…tempting clicks

    Reply
  15. Janani

    July 16, 2013 at 2:35 am

    I love vathakulambhu too its my fav,when had with kootu its at its best nothing can be compared, I have never made it without garlic but this looks good will def give a try to this.

    Reply
  16. Priti S

    July 16, 2013 at 7:03 am

    Always love this and you are tempting me right now so much …I got same in draft too

    Reply
  17. Veena Theagarajan

    July 16, 2013 at 7:08 am

    super tempting vathal kuzhambu .. Love ur thali

    Reply
  18. JEYASHRI SURESH

    July 16, 2013 at 7:12 am

    Enna oru superana combo. My menu for tom is planned. Pretty clicks

    Reply
  19. Aarthi

    July 16, 2013 at 2:39 pm

    this is my fav..i love vathal kulambu

    Reply
  20. SHARMILEE J

    July 17, 2013 at 4:09 pm

    Alltime fav….this with rice I can have it anytime of the day

    Reply
  21. Chitz

    July 21, 2013 at 7:05 pm

    One of my favs.. I always have extra rice when this is prepared 🙂

    Reply
  22. Yengay Manithargal

    September 20, 2013 at 10:24 pm

    Nice Raks. Easy to prepare too.I know one more variety everything is same but I will fry and grind onion + garlic with this it will give different taste

    Reply
  23. Sreeja A.J.

    April 7, 2014 at 4:30 am

    Hi
    I tried today. never tasted before sundal vatta kuzhampu. Did you powder urad dal, toor dal and fenugreek seeds. so I will do better next time

    Reply
  24. Raks anand

    April 7, 2014 at 4:36 am

    No just add it to hot oil as such.

    Reply
  25. swe

    May 29, 2014 at 4:29 am

    Awesome recepie. . I want to know if I can make this without adding any vathal..

    Reply
  26. snehalathaish

    June 17, 2014 at 6:55 am

    Hi Raks, Itired this recipe and it turned out fine except that it was a bit bitter. What would have been the reason?

    Reply
  27. Raks anand

    June 17, 2014 at 7:06 am

    Sure it will be good.

    Reply
  28. Raks anand

    June 17, 2014 at 7:07 am

    May be its from too much of turkey berry or you have nt fried properly

    Reply
  29. akshaya

    September 12, 2014 at 11:27 am

    hi Raji, no need to add tomatoes in this curry?

    Reply
  30. Raks anand

    September 12, 2014 at 11:29 am

    We usually do not add, but if you want you can add one small after onion

    Reply
  31. sara

    March 10, 2015 at 1:03 am

    Very nice

    Reply
  32. Vanitha Francis

    July 14, 2015 at 10:11 am

    Can this be made with other vegetables like small eggplant. How about addition of ground coconut?

    Reply
  33. Raks anand

    July 14, 2015 at 10:18 am

    You can add eggplant. Coconut can also be added.

    Reply
  34. Shobia Priyatharsini Rajasekaran

    August 18, 2016 at 2:02 pm

    Very nice..thank u for sharing

    Reply
  35. Shobia Priyatharsini Rajasekaran

    August 18, 2016 at 2:02 pm

    Very nice..thank u for sharing

    Reply
  36. Harini

    January 5, 2017 at 1:38 pm

    Hi raji… can i add chilly powder and dhaniya powder if I don't have sambar podi? If so wats the ratio?

    Reply
  37. Raks anand

    January 5, 2017 at 2:01 pm

    Hi Harini, you can try 1 & 1/2 tsp red chilli powder and 1 tsp dhaniya powder

    Reply
  38. ashvitha

    May 25, 2017 at 9:37 am

    how long can we store and have?

    Reply
  39. Manonmani Suresh

    February 5, 2019 at 8:55 am

    Can I try it with coconut paste

    Reply
  40. Raks Kitchen

    February 5, 2019 at 8:59 am

    Yes sure.

    Reply
  41. Vidhu

    March 23, 2020 at 9:06 am

    Hey Raks…thank-you for the recipie. I tried making this for the first time. The gravy tastes superb but the berries are super bitter. Do they usually taste like that?

    Reply
    • Raks Anand

      March 23, 2020 at 9:56 am

      It has slight bitter taste. Let me share some points to note – Make sure you roast it really well while tadka. It should get fried well from the inside. Also if it gets enough spice, tamarind, salt, it wont be that bitter. But the vathal has slight natural bitterness which you cannot avoid. The vathal process also plays a role. Mom usually boils, soaks well in sour butter milk prior and salts well and dries. Hope this helps 🙂

      Reply
  42. Ahalya Manohar

    October 15, 2020 at 3:31 pm

    Hi… I got a question here…
    When the kulambhu is done, are the berries crispy like freshly fried or will it turn soggy as we are boiling it in the kulambhu?

    Reply
    • Raks Anand

      October 16, 2020 at 2:16 pm

      It will turn soft.

      Reply

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