Thatta Payir Kuzhambu is a healthy delightful curry made by cooking cowpeas with masala, tempered spices, onion & tomato. Thatta Payir Kuzhambu is quite unpopular given its taste and easiness to prepare, Thatta Payir Kuzhambu Recipe is published in this post with step by step pictures.
Thattapayir Kuzhambu is one of my favs…I was not sure of the english name until I googled and found in wikipedia that it was cowpeas beans.
It rained like cats and dogs yesterday which was totally unexpected. With the breezy wind along with the heavy rain , small branches of trees falling here and there – it was totally creepy yesterday when we were on the way to attend a wedding reception.
After about 2.5 hrs we finally reached the reception which actually takes hardly 30mins from our place.It was fun time meeting the relatives yesterday and I manged few clicks there too. Followed by that, have an engagement to attend today evening – rain god do you hear me?
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📖 Recipe
Thatta Payir Kulambu | Cowpeas Curry
Ingredients
- 1 cup thattapayir cowpeas
- 1/4 cup tamarind water
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 2 tsp coriander powder
- 2 tsp oil
- salt for taste
- coriander leaves for garnish
To temper:
- 1 medium sized big onion or 6 small onion
- 5 nos garlic
- 1/2 tsp vadagam the one used for tempering / urad dhal
- 1 tsp oil
- few curry leaves
To grind to a paste:
- 1/4 cup coconut
- 1 no tomato
- 1/2 big onion
- 1/2 tsp fennel seeds
- 2 tbsp thattapayir pressure cooked
Instructions
- Dry roast thatta payir till slightly browned and nice aroma comes.
- Rinse it twice atleast then Pressure cook with enough water and salt for 5 to 6 whistles in medium flame. Keep aside.
- Heat oil in a kadai and saute onion and tomato until tomato turns mushy and raw smell leaves.
- Add it along with other ingredients listed under ‘to grind’ and grind it to a fine paste.
- Adding cooked thatta payir just to thicken the curry.
- Heat little oil in a kadai – add the items listed under ‘to temper’ and saute till slightly browned.
- Add the tempered items to the pressure cooked thatta payir.
- Give a quick stir, add 3/4 cup water and add the coconut paste.
- Add chilli, coriander powder and salt if required.
- Allow it to boil for sometime.
- Then add tamarind pulp, little more water if its too thick. Allow it to boil again till oil separates.
- Then add coriander leaves and switch it off.
- Serve Thatta Payir Kulambu hot with steamed rice or dosas. Leave it a resting time of 1 hour for the curry to blend well.
Notes
- You can skip grinding tomatoes and add it to the tempering items.
- While tempering small onions can also be used which is more flavourful
- Any other veggies like brinjal, radish, vendakkai can also be added for this curry.
- The kuzhambu thickens with time so switch off accordingly.
How to make Thatta Payir Kuzhambu
1. Heat oil in a kadai and saute onion and tomato until tomato turns mushy and raw smell leaves.Then add it along with other ingredients listed under ‘to grind’ and grind it to a fine paste.Adding cooked bean is just to thicken the curry.
3.Add the tempered items in step2 to the pressure cooked thatta payir. Give a quick stir, add 3/4 cup water and add the coconut paste. Add chilli, coriander powder and salt if required.
4.Allow it to boil for sometime.Then add tamarind pulp, little more water if its too thick.
5.Allow it to boil again till oil separates. Then add coriander leaves and switch it off.
Serve hot with steamed rice or dosas. Leave it a resting time of 1 hour for the curry to blend well.
However trying out new recipes is always interesting, I feel content when I post traditional ammas recipes.
Expert Tips
- You can skip grinding tomatoes and add it to the tempering items.
- While tempering small onions can also be used which is more flavourful
- Any other veggies like brinjal can also be added for this curry.
- The kuzhambu thickens with time so switch off accordingly.
savitha ramesh
cool pics…i love this curry a lot.
Prathibha
nice n healthy curry..
Tina
Never tried this delicious..
Tina
Da curry looks delicious…
Aarthi
that looks like a yummy curry
Divya Kudua
This is a completely new kuzhambu with cowpea beans.I usually make a simple sundal type curry to go with rice.You are wary of rains and here in Chennai,I really wish it rained so that the summer heat would go down a little:)
Shabitha Karthikeyan
I love this kind of gravies. I make it the similar way !!
Gayathri NG
Yummy kulambu, tempting pics making me hungery!!
Vardhini
Fragrant kuzhambu Sharmi.
Sudha Sabarish
Nice kuzhambu,have bookmarked.
Premalatha Aravindhan
Delicious and healthy recipe,love the clicks sharmi…
Paaka Shaale
This recipe is new to me. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Nupur
This looks Yummy dear !.. I make a similar version without coconut.. And love them to the core.. Its also known as Black eyed Pea in some parts of the world..
priya ravi
looks so yumm .. my fav curry .. i too prepare it the same way except for the cooked thattapayir added while grinding masala.. is to get thick gravy ?
dassana
we make in a similar way with cowpeas or black eyed beans. we love to have this with plain cooked rice.
Nithya
We follow the same method… but this gives us tips(frying the pulse before pressure cooking and frying onion tomato before grinding) to get it tastier…. thanks for the post…
zareena
A new curry dish in my bag. This looks amazing. Bookmarked.
Sharmilee! :)
@Priya : Adding cooked bean is just to thicken the curry, have updated it now 🙂
Anonymous
very nice recipe..
Nalini's Kitchen
Kulambhu looks so delicious,we do make almost the same way except grinding the peas and add brinjal or drumstick along with it..tempting clicks
Shanthi
good recipe…looks yummy too..
jeyashrisuresh
I have a big pack of thatta payar lying in my freezer, will try this yummy one. sounds flavorful too
Recipeswap
I make pretty much the same curry but with black Chana etc. these cowpeas look a lot like black eyed peas only smaller .
M D
that looks brilliant. love ur pics and i am drooling over this now!
Suja Manoj
Healthy and yummy curry,thanks for sharing..
lubna karim
It's raining here too….never tried an recipe with cow peas…looks yum….
Priya
Simply love this kuzhambu with fried papads,my kind of food..
Chitra
I wanted this recipe for a long time. will try for sure thanks for sharing 🙂
Jeannie Tay
Looks delicious, great accompaniment with dosai or bread:)
Hamsamalini Chandrasekaran
Healthy curry. Yummy.
Hamsamalini Chandrasekaran,
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Priyas Feast
we also make it in similar way..luv this healthy thatta payar kulambu so much…
Pavithra Elangovan
Finger licking curry :)yumm:)
RAKS KITCHEN
Nice idea to grind cow pea and adding, I love this kuzhambu a lot,nice version…yummy!
Visha
Followed this recipe to the T and it came out perfect. Didnt have coriander leaves with me..but the taste was good nevertheless.
Thank you for posting such a wonderful kuzhambu recipe Sharmi 🙂
Arthi
Thanks for the recipe. I added a lime size tamarind juice and let it boil with a sprig of fresh curry leaves for 10 mins. It tastes yum yum. 🙂
kalyani
can i try dis with black/white channa?
Sharmilee! :)
Yes, you can try this with black channa.
Ezhilan
Nice and delicious, can you put the recipe for pachai payar/ moong dal or is it ok to follow the same procedure.
Ezhilan
Looks delicious have to try it out. Is it ok to cook pachai payar/ moong dhall the same way or can you put the recipe for the same.
SHARMILEE J
I have already pachai payaru dal recipe please check in lunch combo or doa quick search…you will find the recipe
Uma S
today i did it tastes very good thanku
thiyagu Raj
Hello Sharmiee, i am hard fan of your recipe.. its tasting great and awesome when its coming to my kitchen, i have one quick suggestion , if you add points or steps in the picture, its will be very easy to see kind of quick links/reference.
Malini
Dear Sharmi,
I have made this Kozhambu a few times now. It is simply DELICIOUS. Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe. PLease continue this goodness whenever you find time.
Best wishes,
Malini.
anbu
hi .sharmi ,….. I love this curry very very much …. thanks ….
Lavanya
Hi Sharmi,
Suggest some side dish for this pls….
Sharmilee J
any poriyal will be apt