I wonder, slight difference in ingredients makes a great impact in flavors.Are you not getting me ? Just think of buttermilk based curry, how many varieties of kadhis we've got? Punjabi kadhi, Gujrathi Kadhi, Sindhi Kadhi etc.
Here comes a similar recipe from TamilNadu style kadhi called as MorKuzhambu. Mor in tamil means buttermilk and kuzhambu is gravy. This spicy and tangy gravy is served over a bed of steamed rice along with any stir fried vegetables . But the best combination will be rice, mor kuzhambu and beans usili .
The creaminess from the butter milk, richness from coconut and flavors from coconut oil and cured red chillies ( mor milagai ) and not to mention the crisp fried okra chips will make you drool .
Ingredients
Butter Milk ........................... 2 cups , preferably sour and thick
White pumpkins ..................... 1/2 cup , cubed
Green Chillies.......................... 3 (adjust to your spice level)
Shredded coconut..................... 1/2 cup, preferably fresh
Coconut oil ............................. 2 tsp
Vegetable oil ............................. 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds........................... 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder ........................ 1/2 tsp
Fenugreek seeds ........................ 4
Curry leaves .............................. 1 sprig
Okra ......................................... 10, cut into thin discs
Mor milagai / cured red chillies ....... few
Salt ........................................ to taste
Method
- Grind coconut and green chillies to a smooth paste ,with some water.
- In a small pan add the pumpkins and little water, pinch of turmeric and salt and cook until done.
- Heat vegetable oil in a kadai/pan and shallow fry the cut okras and set aside.
- In the same oil, fry the mor milagai / cured red chillies and set aside.
- Heat the same kadai with coconut oil over medium.
- Add mustard seeds ,fenugreek seeds and curry leaves saute for 30 seconds.
- Now add the ground paste, along with turmeric powder and cook for 2 minutes.
- Now reduce the heat to low and add the butter milk, fried mor milagai and cooked pumpkins with its water.
- Let it cook for 5 minutes.
- Remove it from the stove and allow it to rest for 5 minutes .
- Now add the salt and give a quick mix.
- Add the crisp fried okras just before serving.
You can find the onion and methi kadhi here.
Note
- Make sure to reduce the heat to low before adding butter milk otherwise it will curdle.
- Also add salt after it is taken out of the stove to prevent from curdling.
- You can add few pieces of raw mango that we use to make pickle,if your butter milk is not sour.
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