Poricha kuzhambu is a kind of sambar variety with no tamarind extract. To me, poricha kuzhambu tastes inbetween our regular sambar and arachuvitta sambar 🙂
Poricha Kuzhambu Recipe
Recipe Reference : Umas kitchen
Ingredients:
- Toor dhal – 1 cup
- Drumstick / Murungakai – 2
- Red chillies – 1
- Hing – a generous pinch
- Salt – as required
To temper:
- Cooking oil – 1tbsp
- Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
- Urad dal – 1 tsp
- Curry leaves – few
To roast and grind:
- Coconut grated – 3 tbsp
- Cumin Seeds – 1/2 tsp
- Pepper – 4 corns
- Corriander seeds – 1/4 tsp
- Red chillies – 1
Method:
- First dry roast the items one by one given under ‘to roast ad grind’, and grind it to a coarse powder. Keep aside
- Pressure cook thoor dhal for 3 whistles until mushy. Mash it well and keep aside.
- In a kadai , heat oil add mustard seeds, urad dhal and curry leaves allow it to crackle. Then add red chillies saute for a minute.
- Now add the mashed up dhal, add turmeric powder and drumstick. Allow it to get cooked(It may take around 10mins). Add required salt.
- You may also pressure cook the drumstick adn add it here.Once it gets cooked add the roasted powder and allow it to boil for sometime until it gets a thick consistency.Switch off and serve hot with rice.
My Notes:
- Any veggie of your choice can be added or a combination of all veggies can be added too
- Drumstick can be pressure cooked and added too
- This is a thick sambar variety that goes well with rice and idlis and dosas
Looks very colourful and tasty.
liked this version of sambhar,looks delicious n flavourful, will give a try 🙂
color looks very much appealing.. hot vadais with this sambhar will be yummy.
Yummy looking sambar variety.
Kuzhambu looks yummy. I am only able to see the first picture. Not sure why.
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Delicious looking sambar…lovely color..
this is new to me…looks delicious..will give a try
aahh I wish you posted this a week ago. I wanted to tell Amma to make this before she left but i totally forgot. Love this preparation!
Poricha kuzhambhu looks awesome.. Th colour is so vibrant… Hot idlis and vadais would make a brilliant combo with this yummy broth… Beautiful..
Reva
Looks so striking!!!and sure it was super yummy!!tks for trying and posting!!!
have heard of this .. never tried.. urs look much appealing.. wow.. lovely clicks..
I'm intrigued by seeing all these different kinds of samabars and rasamas once I started blogging. To me there's mostly just one recipe that I follow religiously. How boring, right? I love the name of the dish–poricha in Malayalam means 'fried'. Your first shot is beautiful!
wow…i have never tried poricha kolambu as such…shd try ur method… 🙂
Lovely pics
Most inviting bowl of poricha kozhambu – we make it with all the green veggies like chow chow, cabbage, pondalangai and carrots too!!
Combo: This+vethakozhambu+ sutta appalam= heaven 🙂
This looks most inviting, what a lovely color, love drumsticks…
Love the bright color of the kuzhambu. I do not see Sharmis stamp in this particular picture…maybe you wanted it to be as simple as the dish.
I recently posted my version which does not have paruppu in it. My mother in law makes it with dhal.I like to make in once a while.
i love arachivitta sambhar even this seems so yummy will sure tyr this method..yummy..
Poricha Kuzhambu is very new to me. Looks very tempting. I will try within the next few days 🙂
@Cilantro : Thanks for noting down my style and pointing it down here I like it 🙂 I was in such a hurry and hungry too so made the click simple and after that I felt the same as you but had to go with this one for posting :O
Absolutely mouthwatering comfort dish.. first picture looks awesome that it can make anyone drool.
Poricha kuzhambu looks extremely inviting, feel like finishing that whole bowl..yumm!
Wowo that sambar / curry looks so so delicious, wish i had it with rice.
i heard about this kuzhambu but dunno the recipe…your recipe sounds very interesting n kuzhambu looks so yummy,love to have with hot rice…yes i too noticed that these pictures were not up to your level( i can feel the real food's nature,texture n everything in it along with ur unique way of presentation) but still they look so good n inviting..
hope u wont mistake me….as i am ur lover n admirer of your great clicks, i shared this with u…thank you!!!
@SangeeVijay : Np at all…..I'm happy that u gals are telling what u feel..will surely keep up ur expectations from next time 🙂
flavourful looking kuzhambu delicious combination
Nice n yummy combination wud rice…lovely color..:)
wow my fav kuzhambu,love this recipe…will try this method next time…
What is murungakai and poricha ?
@Anonymous : Murungakai is a vegetable which is drumstick in english…poricha means kind of sauting and frying 🙂
Very healthy and delicious.
Very auntentic and lipsmacking curry 🙂
Poricha kuzhambu looks very delicious and very appealing color.It goes well with both idlis and rice as u said.I wil try in my kitchen..
Wow wat a tempting clicks,makes me hungry now…
this is a completely new sambar prep method for em..shud try it sometime
I have not had sambar without tang in it, this is new. My uncle never liked tamarind, so my aunty used to prepare sambar with tomatoes only, but still there was that. This sounds interesting.
thatz something nice to have with rice 🙂
nice.. i'd love a sambhar without tamarind.. some days i like less of the tang! lovely clicks on all your posts!
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Hi Sharmi,I tried this today and it came out so well..Thanks!!!.
hi. I am a regular visitor of your blogs. lovely collection. But my doubt in this is do we have to add tamarind to the kuzhambu?
No tamarind is used in this recipe