Jun 27, 2008

Sundakkavathal Vatha Kozhambu

  1. Tamarind - one small lemon sized or 2 tbsp paste
  2. Sundakka Vathal - 3 tablespoon
  3. Tumeric powder - 1/2 tsp
  4. Sambar powder - 1 1/2 tbsp
  5. salt to taste
  6. Sesame oil - 4 tbsp (may need more)
  7. Jaggery - 1 tbsp
  8. mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
  9. urid dal - 1/2 tsp
  10. channa dal - 1/2 tsp
  11. Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp
  12. Red chillies - 1 or 2 (acc. to taste)
  13. Asafoetida powder - a pinch
  14. Rice flour - 1 1/2 tsp
Take a wide pan, pre heat 3 tbsp oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add urid dal, channa dal, fenugreek seeds, red chillies and asafoetida powder and fry these ingredient in low flame, to golden brown. Now add the sundakka vathal to it and fry it until it becomes crunchy. Now put the tamarind paste(if you are using tamarind, squeeze out the juice from it and pour it) and add 1 1/2 cup of water to the paste. Add turmeric powder, sambar powder and salt and let it cook for 10 mts. in medium flame. Now add the jaggery to it and again add 1/2 cup of water and let it boil for another 5 to 7 mts. In order to make the consistency thick, now mix the rice flour with a tbsp of water and pour it on top of the kozhambu and also pour the remaining oil. Let it boil for another 3 mts. Now Vatha kozhambu is ready to serve. Serve it hot with rice. Potato curry will be a good side dish for this rice.

We can replace sundakkavathal with manathakkali vathal.

8 comments:

Radioactive Android said...

manni, do you know if they sell sundaikkai or manathakkali vathal in any store here??

Vidhya said...

ya get it in Coconut hill. They have it. Last week only i bought it from them....

Illatharasi said...

I was looking for this recipe.... I like Iyer's vathakozhambhu very much ;)

Vidhya said...

Hey Illatharasi, try this and lemme know the comments too. I made this last week and asusual I forgot to take pictures.

Sangeeta Sinha said...

What will you call this dish in English? I could not get it.

Vidhya said...

Hi Sangeeta, I am sorry, I couldnt find out the english name for Sundakka, but the following link can tell you how a green sundakka will look like and I will post the dry sundakka picture from which we make this recipe in couple of days.

http://www.inekesteine.com/inekeindianingredients.html

Unknown said...

hi Vidhya
today I came across your website while searching for molakoottal recipe . all the recipes you have looks yummy and authentic and original. tomorrow I am going to try paruppu thogayal and molakoottal

Unknown said...

hi Vidhya
today I came across your website while searching for molakoottal recipe . all the recipes you have looks yummy and authentic and original. tomorrow I am going to try paruppu thogayal and molakoottal