Manthakkali vathal kuzhambu recipe
Manthakkali vathal kuzhambu is a tangy and spicy tamarind based gravy prepared with dried blacknight shade berries. No onion no garlic step by step pictures recipe.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp Tamarind or store bought paste - 2 tbsp
- 1.5 tablespoon Manathakkali vathal
- 1 tablespoon Sambar powder
- 1 teaspoon Kashmiri red chilli powder for color
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric
- ½ teaspoon Jaggery
- 1 teaspoon Rice flour
- Salt
To temper
- 1 tablespoon Oil
- ½ teaspoon Mustard
- 1 teaspoon Urad dal
- 1 teaspoon Toor dal
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
- ⅛ teaspoon Asafoetida
- Curry leaves - a sprig
Instructions
- If using tamarind, soak in hot water for 20 mins, extract tamarind juice and adjust the total quantity of water to measure 3& ½ cups.
- Heat a kadai with oil. Splutter mustard, add urad dal, toor dal, cumins seeds, curry leaves and asafoetida.
- Roast until dals turn golden. Add manathakkali vathal and roast for a minute.
- Transfer the content to a heavy bottomed vessel.
- Add sambar powder, turmeric, red chilli powder, salt and mix well with tamarind extract.
- Boil for 15 mins. Towards end, dissolve rice flour in a tablespoon of water and mix.
- Add jaggery, mix well and switch off the flame.
Notes
- If you do not have sambar powder, you can add red chilli powder and coriander powder as replacement.
- Adding jaggery enhances the taste. But do not add more.
- Using sambar powder is best for balanced taste as well as thickens easily.