PAKODA KUZHAMBU RECIPE

 

Blogging has helped me to get many good friends. One such friend is Sudha. We became friends recently.  We discuss so much about varieties of recipes. She always encourages me to post unique dishes. Last week when we were chatting, she asked me about pakoda kuzhambu. Though I have not tasted or tried it , I remembered the recipe I wrote in my cookbook long time back. She told its a famous gravy in Chennai & asked me to try and post here. I quickly referred some websites to compare with my cookbook recipe and tried it. I loved it very much. The procedure and the taste is very similar to vada curry. 

After I surfed , I came to know this is a Chettinad famous dish and it tastes good for rice, idli & dosa too. This gravy can be made with or without coconut as per our taste. I added little coconut paste for thickness. Also the pakoda recipe I’ve given here is an instant version. I have not used chana dal for making pakoda like Chettinad recipe. Instead I used besan flour and made it like our onion pakoda. Usually Onions are chopped finely and added. I sliced it and used. Pakoda was very crispy. So this recipe has many variations from the authentic Chettinad pakoda kulambu. Still it tastes great. Do try this version and let me know how you liked it.

INGREDIENTS

FOR PAKODA Gram flour/ Besan flour – 6 tsp Rice flour – 2 tsp Big onion – 2 nos ( thinly sliced) Red chilli powder – 1 tsp fennel – 1/4 tsp Cooking soda – A small pinch Curry leaves - Few Salt & Water – As needed FOR GRAVY Cooking oil – 2 tbsp Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp Urad dal – 1 tsp Cinnamon – 1 piece Cloves – 2 nos Fennel seeds – 1/2 tsp Small onion – 10 nos (finely chopped) Whole Garlic cloves – 10 nos Curry leaves - few Red chillies – 1 no Tamarind – A big goose berry size Sambar powder – 2 to 3 tsp (as per taste) Salt & water – as needed Grated coconut – 1.5 tbsp (to grind)

How to make pakoda kuzhambu  - METHOD

Take a wide bowl and mix all the ingredients given under “For pakoda” adding little water to make a thick paste. Pinch small balls and deep fry the pakoda till onions turn golden brown. Set aside.              In a kadai, heat oil and add cinnamon, mustard seeds, urad dal, fennel seeds, red chillies .. Once they are sautéed add onions, garlic cloves, curry leaves. Saute till onions turn transparent. Now add the tamarind extract, sambar powder, a piece of jaggery and required salt & water. Allow it to roll boil for sometime. Grind the grated coconut to a smooth paste adding little water. Mix the paste in the tamarind mixture. Add some more water if necessary and boil for few minutes. Finally add the pakodas, mix well and switch off the flame. Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve hot !

Note

• If you want to make chana dal pakoda, soak chana dal for 1 hour and grind it coarsely along with other ingredients given above. Finally sprinkle coriander leaves, mix well and deep fry it.
• If you do not add coconut paste, the gravy tastes more like vatha kuzhambu.
• While grinding coconut, you can also try adding fried gram dal/pottukadalai, khus khus for variations.
• Some people adds one small onion and jeere while grinding coconut..

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Chettinad Style Appam Recipe Without Yeast-South Indian Breakfast Recipes

I got this South Indian( chettinad style) appam recipe from here. But i did not follow the same method which was given there instead i used my mom’s method for ease n convenience.The result was fluffy,soft aapam which we had with vegetable stew. We loved it.Thanks to solai aachi for this wonderful recipe. This is sure a keeper. There are so many aapam recipes on net. Even i had posted some from my friend. Most of the recipes have urad dal , methi seeds and coconut milk.I was also making aapam using these ingredients. But my mom said that appam batter would smell more like dosa.She also said aapam has a typical coconut flavor and taste. So this time i used only rice n coconut. As my mom said , it smells and tastes great. Next time i am planning to try solai achi’s authentic method and post it Lets see how to make appam recipe with sweet coconut milk for breakfast !!

Chettinad Appam Recipe

Chettinad Appam Recipe Without Yeast

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Breakfast

Serves: 10-12 nos

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 10 Minutes

Total time: 20 Minutes

INGREDIENTS
1 cup - 200ml

Raw rice – 1 cup Boiled rice / idli rice –1 cup Cooked rice - 1/4 cup Grated coconut – 1/2 cup Cooking soda – 2 pinches Salt – As needed Sugar – 1 tsp Coconut water – little **  For Sweetened coconut milk Grind 1/4 cup of grated coconut with 1/4 cup of warm water and take the first extract.Add 3- 4 tsp of sugar and 2 crushed cardamom pods.Mix well , heat for few secs. Pour it on top of appam and enjoy..

METHOD

Soak both the rice together for 2-3 hrs. Break the coconut and take the water.Set aside.Grate it and keep aside. Grind the rice together adding the coconut water & cooked rice. Add half of the required salt.After the rice starts to grind , add the grated coconut. Add water if necessary. Make sure the batter is not too watery.It should be thick.Allow it to ferment overnight or 8 hrs. The next day morning , add 2 pinches of cooking soda , sugar and little salt.Mix well and keep aside for 10 mins. Heat the aapam skillet (aapam chatti) and pour a ladleful of batter in the centre. Now swirl the aapam skillet in a circular motion so that the sides would be thin and center portion would be thick. Cover with a lid and cook in medium flame for few mins. The sides will raise and center portion will be cooked with holes on it. Remove the aapam and enjoy with stew !! We had  appam with **sweetened coconut milk and vegetable stew. **  For Sweetened coconut milk Grind 1/4 cup of grated coconut with 1/4 cup of warm water and take the first extract.Add 3- 4 tsp of sugar and 2 crushed cardamom pods.Mix well , heat for few secs . Pour it on top of aapam and enjoy..

Note

TIPS from Mrs.Mallika badrinath 1. When bubbles does not form in the dosa, add little more cooking soda. 2. If the bottom of the dosa sticks to the pan and doesn’t come out well that shows coconut milk added is more than the required measure.

Enjoy soft n spongy appam with sweet coconut milk ! Tastes yummmm..

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