Kuzhambu is a tamarind based gravy and served with rice. Menthyam is fenugreek seeds in Tamil and this dish  I have prepared is with brinjal.You can also use lady’s finger, red pumpkin, sweet potato or any other veggie of your choice.This tastes best when mixed with hot rice topped with sesame oil.Tastes really yum with papad or vadams, chips etc along with some coconut based vegetable curry or kootu. The highlight of this dish is fenugreek seeds and the aroma it creates when added to sesame oil for frying is truly enchanting.You can also try this with dosa, Idly,Pongal or Rice Upma. Over to the recipe.

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BRINJAL MENTHYA KUZHAMBU

Course

side dish

Cuisine

south indian

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

10 minutes

Servings

cup

Ingredients

• Tamarind lemon a shaped ball
• 3 Brinjals
• 1 tsp mustard
• 1 tsp Tur Dal
• 1/2 tsp methi
• 2 Chilly Red
• 1 pinch asafoetida
• 3 tsp sesame oil
• to taste salt
• 1 sprig curry leaves
• a few coriander leaves
• 1 tsp rice flour

Course side dish Cuisine south indian Prep Time 10 minutes Cook Time 10 minutes Servings cup Ingredients Tamarind lemon a shaped ball 3 Brinjals 1 tsp mustard 1 tsp Tur Dal 1/2 tsp methi 2 Chilly Red 1 pinch asafoetida 3 tsp sesame oil to taste salt 1 sprig curry leaves a few coriander leaves 1 tsp rice flour

Instructions

1. Soak the tamarind in water.Set aside the extracted juice.

   
2. In a copper bottomed vessel add sesame oil and one by one add mustard, tur dal, methi seeds, red chilly and asafoetida.

   
3. Now add cut brinjals,sambhar powder,salt etc. and fry a little.

   
4. Add the tamarind extract and boil for a while till raw smell goes away.If you find the gravy watery add rice flour say,about a teaspoon mixed in water for thickening.

   
5. Garnish with curry leaves and coriander leaves.Enjoy with hot rice toppled with sesame oil.

   

Recipe Notes

Notes

Do not substitute any other oil.Sesame oil tastes best for this.

Paruppu thogayal tastes divine with this gravy.

You can add aclove of garlic,if you like.