Kadalai Kuzhambu Recipe - Using Coconut Milk

Today is a my mom-in-law's b'day and I wanted to do something for her that would be meaningful to both of us. Before I go any further I have to say how lovely she is to me, like my own mom 🙂

She is an amazing cook too and Kadalai Kuzhambu is one of the first recipes I learnt from her since TH loves it. Its simple and looks mild but is amazingly flavourful, just like all her dishes are. She is super fast in the kitchen and is normally done cooking for the day by the time I am up (err.. which is around 7 in the morning :D).

So here is to her and her special day. Happy B'day Amma 🙂

Chickpeas / Kabuli Chana

Kadalai Kuzhambu Recipe (With Coconut Milk)
Serves 2-3

Ingredients:
Chickpeas / Kabuli Chana - ½ cup
Thick coconut milk - ¾ cup
Tamarind - one marble sized ball (or 2tbsp if you are using paste)
Rasam Powder - 1 tbsp
if using your own sambar powder, use ½ teaspoon and ½ teaspoon red chilli powder.
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Hing/Asafoetida/Kayam - ½ tsp
Salt - to taste
Oil and mustard seeds - for tempering

How to make Kadalai Kuzhambu:

1. Soak the chickpeas overnight in 3 cups water. Pressure cook and keep aside. Or, just use canned chickpeas.

2. Use ½ cup warm water and blend the tamarind with your hand to extract the juice. If using paste, dilute it in ½ cup water.

3. Heat a pan and bring the tamarind water to boil. Add turmeric powder, hing, salt and the sambar powder to this. Sim and let it boil for 10 minutes.

4. Add the cooked chickpeas and boil for another 10 mins.

5. Remove from fire, add coconut milk and mix well. Adjust salt.

6. Heat some oil in a small saucepan and temper some mustard seeds. While hot, pour on the above gravy and mix well. You can even use some curry leaves at this stage.

Kadala Kuzhambu

Serve hot with rice. TH loves it with parippu usili.

Comments

RAKS KITCHEN

April 01, 2010 at 1:40 pm

Belated wishes to ur MIL....Your photography is great,I thought you must be having a DSLR camera seeing ur photography!!!

Aparna

October 19, 2008 at 5:44 pm

These wishes are very belated but all the same, b'day wished to your mother-in-law. She reminds me of my mother.:)
This kadala kozhambu is new to me. And with coconut milk......, I'll try this out one of these days.

chutneycase

October 15, 2008 at 3:29 pm

My mom loves your site now! I give her new recipes everyday! 😀 I'm gonna get kadala kozhambu tomorrow 🙂

anilpk

October 15, 2008 at 12:41 pm

hi great work,

ente pageil vannu nokki abhiprayam prayu.

http://anilsworldat.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html

Sig

October 14, 2008 at 3:55 am

I missed this one, came here from Happy Cook's place..... 🙂 Belated birthday wishes to your Mom-in-law... I love that last picture, and the recipe.

Seena

October 12, 2008 at 10:33 am

Ammayi amma and marumol kku nalla mukhachaaya undu ketto.. TH is correct, u look like her D.. 🙂

Shillu

October 11, 2008 at 4:46 am

Belated bday to your MIL. teh chole looks yummy. I feel like eating it off my comp screen!

Anonymous

October 10, 2008 at 5:44 am

Well Thats a great dish you've posted. Belated bday wishes to your MIL.
Always remember PARENTS ARE ALWAYS PARENTS ...

Rajani

October 10, 2008 at 4:47 am

hey you're cute!! nice simple recipe and thank god I can still see the pics, once i get back no hopes of viewing flickr pics. hmmm... a hubby who thinks the wifey's like the mummie! dangerous grounds babie! hope mil liked your b'day blog 🙂

Usha

October 09, 2008 at 9:55 pm

The kadala kozhumbu looks delicious...happy birthday to your MIL 🙂

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