How to Refreshing Tasty Murungakkai Puli Kulambu | Drumstick Tamarind Curry

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Murungakkai Puli Kulambu | Drumstick Tamarind Curry. Recipe for Spicy South Indian Tamlinadu Style Murungakkai Kara Puli Kuzhambu. When I was young, me and my friends would never play near a drumstick tree. Drumstick Puli Kulambu is a tangy tamarind based South Indian gravy.

My mum is here visiting us for a little holiday, and K has some requests for dishes that I never make LOL.

This is one of them, he wanted me to blog about this because it will also be a reference for me if he asks me to cook.

My mom also makes Tirunelveli style murungakkai puli kulambu but its with freshly ground spices.

You can have Murungakkai Puli Kulambu | Drumstick Tamarind Curry using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Murungakkai Puli Kulambu | Drumstick Tamarind Curry

You need 1 of Onion sliced.
It’s 12 cloves of garlic.
You need 4 of Tomatoes chopped.
It’s 3 of chillie green.
It’s 2 tsps of Chillie powder.
It’s 2 tsps of Coriander Powder.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of Turmeric powder.
It’s 4 tbsps of tamarind of thick juice (more or less depending on taste).
Prepare 1/2 tsp of Mustard seeds of.
You need 1 tsp of fenugreek of.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of cumin of powder.
It’s 2 sprigs of curry leaves of.

For this no grind recipe, sambar powder or vatha kuzhambu powder is the major ingredient.

So anyone can make it quickly and easily.

This kuzhambu recipe would be ideal for bachelors and working women to whip up a quick gravy for rice.

The Murungakkai Puli Kuzhambu Recipe is a traditional South Indian recipe that is essentially a tamarind curry that is cooked with spices like sambar powder and combined with vegetables like drumsticks and baby onions (shallots).

Murungakkai Puli Kulambu | Drumstick Tamarind Curry step by step

Drumsticks - a whole packet of frozen drumstick (fresh is better, but it wasnt sold here).
Freshly chopped Coriander leaves for garnish.
2 tbsp of coconut milk.
Tbsps of Sesame Oil.
Add the mustard seeds to some heated sesame oil. When the mustard seeds start sputtering, add the fenugreek, onion, garlic, curry leaves and the green chillies.
After a couple of minutes, add the drumsticks. Saute for a few minutes and add the spice powders: turmeric, chillie and coriander powder. Give it a good stir and allow it to cook and let the spices cook and become fragrant.
Next add the tomatoes, and about 1/2 cup of water and let it cook. Once the drumsticks have cooked, add the tamarind juice.
Season with salt if needed, and reduce the heat to low. Add the coconut milk, the cumin powder, mix and remove from the heat. Garnish with some coriander leaves.
Serve this along with some freshly made white rice.

Different regions of South India make a Kuzhambu with a set of spices that a family uses and many also add coconut milk to make the Kuzhambu richer.

Heat Oil in a pan and add cumin seeds, urad dal and channa dhal.

When Channa dal turns golden colour, add red chillies, curry leaves and shallots.

Fry till shallots turn translucent Murungakkai Kara Kuzhambu

Drumstick Kulambu or murungakkai kuzhambu is one of my kid's favorite kulambu.