Chettinad Tomato Kuzhambu Recipe | Prepare Easy Idli Side Dish

Chettinad Tomato Kuzhambu Recipe

Chettinad Tomato kuzhambu Recipe is the best side dish for Idli and dosa. It is very spicy and tasty. This recipe is in hotel taste and it is very easy to prepare at home. Chettinad Tomato kulambu is my favorite idli side dish and I am very happy to share this Tamil nadu recipe with you.

Chettinad Easy Tomato Kuzhambu Ingredients

Sambar Onion – 1 cup

Tomato - 4 (chopped)

Curry leaves – little

Red Chillies - 3

Anise - 1 tsp

Poppy seeds - 1 tsp

Cinnamon  - 2 small pieces

Cumin  seed- 1 tsp

Pepper - 4 or 5

Coconut - 2 tsp

Coriander powder - 2 tsp

Oil – little

How to prepare Tomato kuzhambu in Chettinadu style

• Take a pan and add half tsp of oil, fry the red chillies. Remove it and keep it aside
• In the same oil fry the ¼ cup onion, anise, Poppy seeds, Cinnamon and curry leaves.
• Then remove the pan from heat, add pepper, coriander powder and coconut.
• Fry this in the same heat and keep aside, then add little more oil and fry the chopped tomatoes.
• Let it to cool and grind the Chettinad Tomato kuzhambu Recipe masala ingredients.
• Finally add the fried tomatoes for grinding (2 round is enough after adding tomatoes).
• Pour 1tsp of oil in a pan and fry mustard, curry leaves, onion and garlic .
• Now add ground masala tomato mix with the fried ingredients in the pan.
• Let it to boil for some time until the raw smell goes off.  Chettinad Tomato kuzhambu is ready to taste.
• You can taste this Tomato kuzhambu for idli, dosa and even it tastes good with rice.
• Note:  This is also called Chettinad Tomato curry (add more oil and prepare in gravy form)
• You can also prepare Tomato mor kuzhambu (Tomato more kuzhambu) in the same style of Chettinad mor kulambu but add more tomatoes.

Kathirikai Kulambu Recipe in Tamil Style

Kathirikai Kulambu Recipe

Kathirikai Kulambu Recipe is the most commonly prepared south Indian Kuzhambu. Kathirikai with dal preparation is called samabr and Kathirikai with tamarind and masala is called  Kathirikai puli Kuzhambu. The most common variety other than sambar is  ennai kathirikai kulambu recipe and kathirikai arachuvitta kuzhambu.

Kathirikai Kulambu Recipe Ingredients

Tender Kathirikai  (eggplant )- ¼  kg

Small onion - 200 gm

Coconut - half portion

Poppy seeds – 1tsp Spoon

Dry red chillies - 8

Garlic - 4

Cumin seeds – ½ tsp

Coriander powder - 2 tsp

Turmeric powder - half tsp

Tamarind - large lemon sized

Curry leaves - little

Sugar - little

Mustard seeds – ½ tsp

Salt - as required

Oil - 4 tsp

How to prepare Kathirikai Kuzhambu

• Cut kathirikai into four divisions (one end cut, one end closed), put in water
• Grant the coconut and extract juice from tamarind. Chop onion in to pieces.
• Take a pan, pour oil and add chillies, cumin seeds, and onion fry in sim flame
• Switch off the stove and add coriander powder, poppy seeds and coconut in the hot pan.
• Then grind the fried masala ingredients nicely by adding required water.
• Stuff the ground kathirikai kuzhambu masala inside the brinjal (kathirikai)
• Mix the remaining masala with tamarind juice and keep aside.
• Take the frying pan, add oil, and put the sautéing ingredients like mustard, garlic and curry leaves.
• Then add the masala stuffed kathirikai (egg plant) fry for some time and add the masala mixed tamarind juice.
• Add salt, sugar and turmeric powder. Let it to boil for some time, when it reaches the gravy consistancey switch off the stove
• The very tasty Kathirikai Kuzhambu recipe is ready to taste. best combination for rice recipe.     

  

Chettinad Chicken Kuzhambu Recipe Authentic Style Kulambu Preparation

Prepare Chettinad Chicken Kuzhambu in Hotel Style

Chettinad chicken kuzhambu Recipe is the spicy kozhi kulambu. The taste of this recipe is something special and mouth watering. In many palces Chettinad hotels are preparing this spicy masala kuzhambu recipe. Here I have given the recipe for the preparation of authentic chettinad chicken kuzhambu recipe. The other most popular non veg dish in chettinadu is chettinad chicken curry kulambu.

Chettinad Chicken Kuzhambu Recipe Ingredients

Chicken - 1/2 kg

Onion - 2

Tomato - 2

Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp

Salt as per taste

Oil – requited

Thick coconut milk - 1 cup

Curry leaves - little

Spicy Chettinad chicken kulambu masala Ingredients

Small onions – Peeled 1 cup

 Coriander – 3  tsp

Red Chilli - 10

Pepper - 2 tsp

Cumin seeds - 2 tsp

Anise - 2 tsp

Poppy seeds  - 1 tsp

Curry leaves – little

Cinnamon -  1 piece

Cloves - 6

How to Make Chettinad Chicken Kuzhambu Recipe Authentic Style

• This is chettinad chicken kulambu without coconut recipe.
• Clean and chop onion and tomatoes in length wise. Fry and grind the small onion
• Fry the masala ingredients without adding oil and grind like a nice paste.
• Pressure cook the chopped chicken pieces by adding little oil and keep aside
• Take a pan, pour little oil and add the curry leaves ginger garlic paste, onion and tomatoes one by one.
• Then add the ground onion and prepared chettinad chicken kuzhambu masla.
• Fry this medium until the raw smell goes off and add the cooked chicken.
• Add little more salt and a cup of water. Let it to boil for some time.
• Finally add coconut milk, let to boil for five minutes and remove from the falme
• Delicious chettinad chicken kuzhambu Recipe is ready to taste
• Note: I have not added grated coconut in masala if you want you can prepare chettinad chicken kulambu with coconut.