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Parruppu Urundai Kuzhambu

Prep Time1 hour
Cook Time40 minutes
Course: lunch

Equipment

  • idli pan , wide deep cooking pan

Ingredients

  • 2 cup Toor dal
  • 1 small onion
  • 1 tblsp garlic(finely chopped)
  • 1/4 cup coconut
  • 4 red chilli
  • 1/2 tsp fennel seeds/sombu
  • finely chopped coriander leaves
  • salt to taste

For Gravy

  • 1/2 cup 1 big lemon sized tamarind
  • 10 number garlic(chopped into small pieces)
  • 1 medium onion
  • 1 medium tomato
  • 1 tbsp coriander leaves
  • 1 tsp red chilli powder
  • 1/2 tsp sambar powder
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  • salt to taste

For Grinding

  • 1/2 cup coconut
  • 3 tblps onion

TO TEMPER

  • 2 tblsp oil
  • 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
  • curry leaves

Instructions

Making Urundai

  • Soak tamarind in water and extract juice after 30 min.Wash the toor dhal and soak in water for 1 hour.
  • Take 1 tbsp of dal along with red chilli ,coconut and fennel seeds and grind it to coarse powder.
  • Add another small quantity of soaked dals and grind to coarsely. Make sure the Dal should not be grind smoothly or smash finely.
  • Grind all the dal to coarsely in batch and collect in wide bowl.Add chopped onion , garlic,salt and coriander leaves.Mix it well.
  • Make tight small ball from the mixed batter and place in greased idly plate or dhokla plate.Steam it for 10 to 15 minute .Allow it to cool down.

For Kuzhambu

  • Grind coconut with onion and keep it ready
  • In deep large pan /kadai, add oil, mustard seed to splutter ,add curry leaves .Add the garlic fry for few seconds then add the finely chopped onion and saute till it turns transparent color.
  • Add the finely chopped tomato ,once tomato is mashed up add the coriander powder ,chilli powder ,turmeric powder and sambar powder along with required salt and saute for few more minutes.
  • Once the masala saute well ,add tamarind juice followed by coconut onion grinded past . Mix everything well and allow it to cook for 4 to 6 minute .
  • After started to boiling the kuzhambu , slow down the flame and carefully drop the boiled urundai one by one.
  • In medium flame allow it to cook for 6 to 10 minutes.The kuzhambu has to soak with urundai . Don't stir or mix the urundai during this stage .Once the urundai soaked with kuzhambu .Switch off the flame and the Paruppu Urundai kuzhambu is ready.