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More (Yogurt Gravy) Kuzhambu

More (Yogurt Gravy) Kuzhambu

Cuisine Style Tamilnadu | Cooking Time 30 minutes
To Serve 5 | Take with Rice
Type Lunch Gravy

Ingredients

Thick buttermilk/curd (Yogurt)- 2 cups
Channa Dal- 1 tsp
Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
Ginger- a small piece
Toor Dal- 1 tsp
Green Chillies- 4
Garlic- 2 to 3 cloves
Coconut grated-3 - 4tsp
Rice- 1tsp
Salt to taste
Any one of the vegetables (Potato, Beans, Carrot, Cucumber, Ashgourd, Okra, Pumpkin) chopped- 1/2 cup

For Tempering

Coconut oil/cooking oil- 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds- 1/4 tsp
Pearl onions- 3 chopped finely
Curry leaves- a few
Red Chillies- 1
Asafoetida- a pinch

Preparation

  • Soak rice and the Toor Dal together for 15 to 20 minutes.
  • Add turmeric powder to buttermilk/curd and beat well and keep it aside.
  • Grind soaked rice and Dal with coconut, garlic, ginger, green Chillies to a fine paste.
  • Half boil the vegetables in a pan then add the ground paste and salt to it.
  • Simmer the flame and add little water to it so that the veggies are cooked fully and the raw smell of the paste goes off. Add the buttermilk/ curd to it.
  • Heat coconut oil in a frying pan and add the ingredients for tempering one by one and fry for a minute.
  • Pour the mixture to the pan and mix well.
  • Serve with rice.

Note

More kuzhambu can be prepared without vegetables.

Tips

Potato fry is the best side dish.

How this More Kuzhambu recipe is Unique?

Tempering in coconut oil makes this More Kuzhmabu unique.


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