Vatha Kolambu

Notes:

There are about 8 cloves (medim sized) garlic. Each one is cut into two. Garlic needs to be in that size for this stew (looks like you don't add any Garlic for "authentic" vatha kulambu)

The lentil (paruppu) you see in the sifter: it's one table spoon 'kadala paruppu' and one table spoon 'thuvaram paruppu (used for sambar). They are microwaved in 1 cup of water for 3 minutes. Then the water is retained with the paruppu kept aside.

You can liquify about lemon sized ball of tamarind or take about a teaspoon tamarind paste and dissolve it in water. (here you can use the water left from the microwaved lentils.)

Of the onion used (shown in the video), half should be ground coaresely and half should be chopped. (the coarsely ground onion helps adding thickness to the stew).

Vegetable could be anything. Prferrably brinjal, drumsticks or brussel sprouts (any one of these)

'Sunda vathal' is not essential, but adding it gives additional flavour.

You can use anywhere between 1.5 to 2 tea spoonfuls of sambar powder (and two pinches of turmeric powder/manjal thool).

Vatha kolambu is basically 'watery', if you want to make it thick you can either add chickpea flour (kadala maavu) or boil 1 tb spoon 'thuvaram paruppu' for 10 mins, mash it and add it to stew (all this in addition to contents already in the pan/pot).

Please let me know if anything is not clear.


"Authentic" Recipe:

Spicy Vatha Kozambhu

Ingredients

1 lemon size Tamarind or tamarind concentrate
1 large Onion
1 large Tomato
1 tsp grated Coconut
1/4 tsp Mustard seeds
1/2 tsp Fenugreek seeds
1 tsp Toor Dal
5-6 Red Chillies
Pinch of Asafoetida
4 tsp Sesame Oil
Salt to taste

Method: 1. Soak tamarind in hot water for 10 min. and take out pulp (you should be able to get 2 cups of tamarind water).
2. Fry fenugreek seeds, toor dal and red chillies with a drop of oil until they become little crisp.
3. Grind onion, tomato grated coconut and the fried mix of toor dal, fenugreek seeds and red chillies to a paste. Do not add water while grinding.
4. In a pan heat sesame oil, add mustard seeds. When they start spluttering, add the tamarind extract and boil at low heat for 5 minutes. Add the grounded paste, salt to taste and pinch of asfoetida. Boil the mix for 12-15 min. until the mix gets a thick consistency. You can also add some rice flour mixed with water to thicken the kozambhu.
5. Serve it with Hot Rice and fried Papadam.

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Tags:

• Vattha
• Vatha
• Kolambu
• Vatral
• Kulambu
• South
• Indian
• Food
• Poondu

[shobey26]

Hi, do you mind providing a short list in english of the ingredients used? thanks very much!

[englishtamil]

Hi Shobey, I've already have it listed in description. Please click more and you'll get detailed instructions in English. Cheers

[trupkar]

can you post "Mor Kuzhambu..." or is it Kolambu? i am not sure...but I love the way it looks.

thanks :)

[englishtamil]

sure, I will, later this week. Well, it's pronounced with the 'sirappu lagaram'. Tamils have so far used zha for that sound, but it's not legitimized by native speakers. So yeah, it's Kuzhambu in it pure Tamil form but kulambu when typed in English (or kolambu - the colloquial form).

[subrayo]

Firstly, thank you very much for the cookery videos, especially the one on making batter for dosai.

HOWEVER, don't you think that adding ingredients like garlic, lentils, tomato, etc... makes this dish 'kaara kuzhambu' rather than 'vathal kuzhambu'?

[englishtamil]

Hi Subra, you're welcome. I'm glad at least one of my videos was of some help.

I agree, this is not an authentic recipe. It's just that I don't like the "authentic" vatha kulambu. I crave garlic and I add it wherever I can. But others are very much a part of vatha kulambu (quantities may vary). I have given an "authentic" recipe in the description now. Check it.

[mrsvinokumar]

nice



[ramyarevathi]

hey my sweet anna... u still around... missed ur cooking videos after coming to London... so sweet of u... ur chettinad chicken curry tried by my mom was appreciated by almost everyone who tasted it... thank u so much...

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[Malar83]

idhenavo konjam kaila kedachadhellam potta madri iruke... idhu peru than vatha kozhamba? brussel sprouts cabbage smell than kudukum kathirikkai taste kudukkadhe! mudiyalappa indha recipe...

[coolmahen]

Came out Gud buddy !!

Thanks for receipe

[dhivy1983]

Hi englishtamil...whats ur name? Are you suresh???

[sriprabhuap]

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[Utube75]

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