Poricha Appalam Vatha Kuzhambu | Tamarind Curry with Fried Papadam

Name: Poricha Appalam Vatha Kuzhambu | Tamarind Curry with Fried Papadam
Total time: 900 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 5-6 papad; As required Oil to fry papad; 1/4 cup Tamarind; 1 cup hot water; 2 tablespoons Sambar powder; 1 teaspoon Cumin powder; 1/2 teaspoon Black pepper powder; 1/2 teaspoon Coriander powder; 1/2 teaspoon Red chilli powder; 1/4 teaspoon Fenugreek seeds; 1/4 teaspoon Mustard seeds; leaves Few curry; 1 pinch Asafoetida; To taste Salt; 1 teaspoon Jaggery; 2 teaspoon Whole wheat flour; 1 tablespoon oil

PV Iyer @pviyer79

Nagpur

#traditional
This tongue tickly tamarind curry is a traditional South Indian Kuzhambu which is either made by frying certain vegetables like ladies finger, nightshade berries, groundnuts, cluster beans etc. Or with fried papadams like this one. These go well with paruppu usili (ground and steamed mixed lentils)and steamed rice.

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Ingredients

15 minutes

6 servings

5-6papad
As requiredOil to fry papad
Kozambu
1/4 cupTamarind
1 cuphot water
2 tablespoonsSambar powder
1 teaspoonCumin powder
1/2 teaspoonBlack pepper powder
1/2 teaspoonCoriander powder
1/2 teaspoonRed chilli powder
1/4 teaspoonFenugreek seeds
1/4 teaspoonMustard seeds
leavesFew curry
1 pinchAsafoetida
To tasteSalt
1 teaspoonJaggery
2 teaspoonWhole wheat flour
1 tablespoonoil

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Steps

15 minutes

1

Soak tamarind in hot water for 10 minutes, until you prepare other ingredients.
2

In a pan fry papadams. Remove excess oil in the pan and leave 2 teaspoon for preparing the kuzhambu.
3

In a dish take sambar powder, red and black pepper powder, cumin and coriander
4

Also in another dish take fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds, salt, jaggery and hing.
5

Strain the tamarind pulp.
6

In the pan with oil add mustard, fenugreek seeds and curry leaves. Fry them for few seconds till mustard seeds have spluttered
7

On low flame add the sambar and other masala, stir immediately add the tamarind pulp. Also add salt, jaggery and asafoetida. Let the tamarind cook well with the masalas
8

In a cup take 1 cup water and add wheat flour and mix. Add this water to the vatha kuzhambu. Stir constantly, the mixture will thicken. Taste and balance salt if required.
9

Finally add the broken papadams and cook for 2-3 minutes. Serve with hot rice and sabji.