Pepper Gravy (Milagu Kuzhambu)

Introduction:

Milagu Kuzhambu is a healthy and tasty food which helps to cure cold for childern which also very tasty when eaten with rice and ghee or sesame oil.

Ingredients:

To Grind:

• Grated Coconut 3 tsp
• pepper corns 2 tsp
•  cumin seeds 1 tsp
• coriander seeds 1 1/2 tsp
• red chillies 6
• Cashew nuts 7 to 8
• Garlic 5 pods
• Small onion or shallots 10

To Saute:

• Shallots
• Garlic 10 pods
• Curry leaves
• Salt to taste
• Tamarind Pulp size of amla soaked in water
• Turmeric a pinch
• Asafoetida  a pinch
• Methi seeds (Fenugreek seeds) little amount
• Cumin seeds
• Jaggery very little amount.

Method:

• Add little amount of oil into a pan and add cumin seeds,peppers corns,coriander seed,small onions,coconut and cashew nuts and saute everything until it gets cooked nicely.
• Let it cool for sometime.
• Then grind them into a smooth paste by adding little amount of oil into it and keep it aside.
• Add some oil into a pan and add some cumin seed,asafoetida and fenugreek seeds and saute for some time.
• Add onions ,garlic pods and curry leaves and saute till the onions are well cooked.
• Add the grind paste and saute for sometime and add some water and let it boil for sometime.
• After sometime add the tamarind water and close the lid and let it cook for 10 to mins till oil oozes out.
• Now  Milagu kuzhambu is ready.

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