Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Mixed Vegetable Kara Kulambu


Ingredients
1 cup Mixed Vegetables (Eggplant, Drumsticks,Okra, Beans,etc.)
1 large Onion /10 small Onions (Shallots) finely chopped
1 medium sized Tomato finely chopped
5 Garlic cloves crushed
2 cup Tamarind juice (1 tbs of Tamarind extract dissolved in 2 cups of warm water)
2 tsp Chilli Powder
1 tsp Coriander powder 
¼ tsp Turmeric powder 
1 tsp Mustard seeds 
1 tsp Fenugreek seeds
Few Curry leaves 
Salt to taste
2 tbs Oil

Preparation
In a pan, heat oil, mustard, fenugreek, curry leaves and sauté for few minutes.
Add garlic, onion and sauté till the onion turns light brown.  
Add tomatoes and sauté it for few minutes.
Add the vegetables and sauté finely for 4-5 minutes.
Add tamarind juice, chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, salt one by one and sauté finely.
Add ½ cup of water and leave the pan uncovered in medium heat for 10 minutes.
When the vegetables are fully cooked and the curry thickens well turn off the heat.
Serve the curry with hot rice.
(Note: the flavor of the curry will be tastier if we use gingelly/sesame oil for making this curry)


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