Recipe: Appetizing Murungakkai Puli Kulambu | Drumstick Tamarind Curry

Recipe: Appetizing Murungakkai Puli Kulambu | Drumstick Tamarind Curry Delicious, fresh and tasty.

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. 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).

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 cook Murungakkai Puli Kulambu | Drumstick Tamarind Curry using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Murungakkai Puli Kulambu | Drumstick Tamarind Curry

1. It’s of Onion sliced.

2. You need of garlic.

3. You need of Tomatoes chopped.

4. You need of chillie green.

5. It’s of Chillie powder.

6. You need of Coriander Powder.

7. You need of Turmeric powder.

8. It’s of tamarind of thick juice (more or less depending on taste).

9. It’s of Mustard seeds of.

10. It’s of fenugreek of.

11. You need of cumin of powder.

12. It’s 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.

Drumstick Puli Kulambu is a tangy tamarind based South Indian gravy.

Murungakkai Puli Kulambu | Drumstick Tamarind Curry step by step

1. Drumsticks - a whole packet of frozen drumstick (fresh is better, but it wasnt sold here).

2. Freshly chopped Coriander leaves for garnish.

3. 2 tbsp of coconut milk.

4. Tbsps of Sesame Oil.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. Next add the tomatoes, and about 1/2 cup of water and let it cook. Once the drumsticks have cooked, add the tamarind juice.

8. 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.

9. Serve this along with some freshly made white rice.

Puli Kulambu can be made using a single or a combination of vegetables that is served with rice for lunch.

Murungakkai Kara Kuzhambu, the spicy and tangy curry made from drumstick.

There are quite a different variation of kara kuzhambu across the country, here i have shared the way we used to make at home for years.

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.