Thursday, January 15, 2009
ASH GOURD/POOSANIKKAI RASAVAANGI, POONDU KUZHAMBU
Ash gourd/winter melon/Green pumpkin/vellai poosanikkai
Poosanikkai Rasavaangi:
Ingredients:
| Ash gourd | 1 1/2 cups (Cubed into 1 inch pieces) |
| Turmeric powder | 1/4 tsp |
| Salt | As needed |
| Curry leaves | 1 sprig |
| Tamarind | 1 tblsp thick extract |
| Grated coconut | 1/4 cup |
To roast & Powder:
| Urad dal | 1 1/2 tblsp |
| Dry coriander seeds | 1 tblsp |
| Red chillies | 4-5 nos |
| Asafetida | 1/4 tsp |
To temper:
| Mustard | 1 tsp |
| Urad dal | 1 tsp |
| Curry leaves | 1 sprig |
| Coconut oil | 2 tsp |
Method:
- Cook cut cubes of ash gourd in water just to immerse it with turmeric,a sprig of curry leaves and salt,till soft. Then add the tamarind Extract.
- Roast the ingredients under the to grind table separately and grind together to a coarse powder.
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- Add this powder to the cooked ash gourd,stir well and give it a boil.
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Grind the coconut with little water and add it too.
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- Give it a boil and at last temper with the tempering items under the table.
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- Mix well and serve as an accompaniment for rice.!
POONDU KUZHAMBU:
This Kuzhambu I remember eating from my mothers hands,she will mix with rice and sesame oil/ghee and she will make bite size balls(roll) and make me and my brother sit and give it in our hands...will taste like heaven...We will ask her ‘is this honey or kuzhambu....
I have used samshar powder,which my mother grinds in the mill and gives me when I visit her (for a year),you may use ur own sambar powder or instead replace with red chilli powder and little coriander powder.
INGREDIENTS:
| Tamarind | 1 small lemon sized |
| Small onion | 1/3 cup Peeled |
| Garlic | 1/3 cup peeled |
| Jaggery | 1 generous pinch |
| Salt | As needed |
| Turmeric | 1/4 turmeric |
| Pepper powder | 1/4 tsp(optional) |
| Curry leaves | 1 sprig |
| Sambar powder | 2 tsp |
To temper:
| Mustard | 3/4 tsp |
| Urad dal | 1 tsp |
| Thuvar dal | 1 tsp |
| Fenugreek seeds | 1/2 tsp |
| Jeera | 1 tsp |
| Oil | 3 tsp |
Method:
- Soak tamarind in warm water for 1/2 hour and extract the juice.
- Heat kadai with oil,add tempering items followed by curry leaves,garlic and small onion.
- Fry till onion and garlic turns golden brown.
- Add tamarind extract,turmeric,salt,jaggery,sambar powder and stir well,bring to boil.
- Simmer till the kuzhambu gets thicker and onions and garlic should have got cooked well.Lastly add pepper powder and switch off.
- Transfer to serving bowl and serve with rice and ghee/sesame oil.
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36 Stars(comments):
delicious...nice and spicy..
slurrp! you made me hungry again :)
Photos are gorgeous! Made me reach for the spoon, specially for the first dish! :))
Rasavangi& kuzhambu looks nice & spicy. Awecome pic!
Oh my god, bunch of gorgeous pics...drooling over the poondu kuzhambu...
Rasavangi and Poondu kulambu lovely combo dear.
Love the way u presented. Yummy.
Wish i gor ashgourd here. I used to love curry made with them.
Your lok so mouthwattering.
Wish i ha dthem with rice.
Both dishes looks tempting! Deliciously made... I can smell the aroma!
That's exactly how I make puli kuzhambu... delicious and my mom likes it with nallennai too. The rasavangi looks awesome. I'm definitely trying that.. since i usually make olan or morkuzhambu with poosinikai.
Wow looks so yummy...u come over here for Pongal...but do bring along both these items too ;)
lovely post and a great combination:)
Kuzhambu and kootu are perfect combo! The koootu masala sounds tasty!
Ahh! So this is how Rasavangi is made! Looks perfect and seems like I will be trying it out sometime.
Ashgourd rasavangi is something new. my mom makes eggplant rasavangi. Will definitely try this as i love ashgourd. Nice pictures, btw.
we too make this rasavangi and we add bolied kondakadalai or boiled peanuts.poondu kulambhu i too make,as u told if we mix it with rice along with sesame oil it will taste very nice. And as usual the way u cut the veg is really nice
i have been looking for poondu kuzhambu recipe. will bookmark it to try. and rasavangi is also something i wanted to try. both dishes look yummy.
I have heard of Kathirikai Rasavangi not Poosanikai...this is new Rajeshwari.I liked ur detail description along with the snaps.I loved the first snap...its really neat:)
I love poondu kulambu, especially with piping hot 'mallipoo' idlis
:-) Urs looks perfect!
Wow yummy pics... both the recipes are new to me...
Bothe the dishes look delicious...
Thanks for the step by step procedures for the rasavangi...I love poondu kuzambu, I should try out both these soon :)
yummy mouth-watering dishes as always! Have a great weekend.
Spicy! We call it Kaddu,I like all the spices you used in the curry.The tangy kuzhamdu must taste like heaven with ghee rice:)
Rajeswari, whenever u read the previous comment, pls do update method-tamarind. I changed my mind, after the ash. gourd boiled ..i added the tamarind extract, then added the ground coarse pwdr..it was tasty n different ..flavor lent to ashg. from masala was superb! tks for sharing dear!
Purnima,
Thanks for pointing out,yes I missed it out!
Now I updated:)
Tks!! :D But this is gonna make more appearances! :) TKS FOR SHARING!
Hi Raks, I made the poosanikai rasavaangi last night and we really liked it! :) Thanks for a yummy recipe.
Hey R,
I made this today. It tastes so good! Thanks for the recipe.:D
I made the ash gourd curry... I just saw that you had another recipe too in this post...:)
Thank you for giving feedback Laavanya and TBC,glad that you liked it and taking time to write here:)
Hi Raji, I made poosanikkaai rasavaangi some time back. It was yummy! Thanks for sharing a nice and authentic recipe with perfect pics.:)
Mahi :) Thanks so much for the feedback :)
Hi Raji, made your poondu kohazmbu today!, we all liked it!, I had an eye on this from a long time, My H was asking me to make poondu rasam, So, I thought why not this! thanks yaar enjoyed it, I like eating poondu but not used to eating it too much, but this one was good, it was not overpowering, It was like Venthya kozhambu, thanks again.
Really super .......... i loved it ..
really super ...........not only poondu kuzhambu all ur receipe are make to cook more.....
made poondu kulambu today....it was too good...continue ur good job...
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