Vendakkai Kara Kuzhambu Recipe – Lady’s Finger Kulambu For Rice

 Usually we make vendakkai puli kulambu for rice without coconut. Its my MIL’s recipe. Recently I tried this vendakkai kara kuzhambu with coconut just for a change. It came out so good and flavorful with all the masala. I followed Madras samayal Youtube channel’s recipe and modified slightly as per my taste. I added more lady’s finger and had it as side dish without making any. 

If you want to make any side dish, you can try keerai kootu, chow chow kootu or cabbage kootu.  Ok friends, lets see how to make vendakkai kara kuzhambu with coconut, fennel seeds masala with step by step pictures and video.

Vendakkai kara kuzhambu / Lady's finger kara kulambu

Vendakkai kara kuzhambu / Lady's finger kara kulambu for rice

Cuisine: Tamil nadu

Category: Kuzhambu recipes

Serves: 3

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 20 Minutes

Total time: 30 Minutes

Chitra Ganapathy

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 250ml Lady's finger / Vendakkai - 12 to 15 nos. Small onion or big onion - 10 / 1 Ripe tomato - 1 Tamarind - small lemon size Sambar powder or kuzhambu milagai thool - 1 to 1.5 tbsp Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Salt & water - as needed To temper and saute Sesame oil / Gingely oil - 2 tbsp Mustard seeds - 1/ 2 tsp Methi seeds / Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp Curry leaves - Few To Grind Grated coconut - 2 tbsp Small onion / Big onion - 2 / 1/4th Garlic cloves - 2 Fennel seeds or cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

HOW TO MAKE VENDAKKAI KARA KUZHAMBU

1. Wash and chop lady’s finger into 2 inch cubes, chop onion, tomato. Soak tamarind in water. Take the extract.
2. Grind coconut and other ingredients to a smooth paste. Keep it aside.
3. Heat oil in a kadai. Splutter mustard, cumin, methi seeds and curry leaves.
4. Saute chopped vendakkai till its half cooked. Then add onion, tomato and saute till tomato becomes mushy.
5. Now add sambar powder, turmeric powder, salt and saute in medium flame without burning.
6. Add tamarind extract. Boil till lady’s finger is cooked well.
7. Lastly add coconut paste, boil and simmer for few minutes till oil separates.
8. Remove and serve hot with rice.

VENDAKKAI KARA KUZHAMBU - STEP BY STEP PICTURES

Wash and chop lady’s finger / vendakkai into 2 inch cylinder shape.  Wash and chop onion, tomato into small pieces. Heat gingely oil in a kadai. Splutter mustard seeds, cumin seeds, methi seeds and curry leaves. Saute chopped vendakkai till its half cooked. Add chopped onion, tomato and saute till tomato becomes mushy. Add turmeric powder, sambar powder / Kuzhambu milagai thool, salt. Saute well for a minute.   Add 1 cup of tamarind extract and cover cook in low flame till lady’s finger is cooked well.  Grind coconut mixture to a smooth paste. Add the paste to the kuzhambu, add required water and boil the gravy in medium flame till raw smell vanishes. Simmer the kuzhambu till oil starts to float in the sides. Switch off the flame and serve with plain rice. Add few drops of gingely oil or ghee while serving. It gives a nice taste. Enjoy !

Note

You can use brinjal instead of lady’s finger. For variations, you can use cumin seeds instead of fennel seeds. You can use any brand sambar powder or kuzhambu milagai thool. I used my homemade sambar powder.

Try this easy, yummy vendakkai kara kuzhambu and enjoy with plain rice !

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