Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, poosanikai mor kuzhambu/ ash gourd buttermilk curry. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Mor Kozhambu is a traditional buttermilk based curry of south India. It uses less oil and chilli. This gives a soothing feeling after eating and suits well This is prepared with slight variation in north India and they call it as Khadi.
Poosanikai Mor Kuzhambu/ Ash Gourd Buttermilk Curry is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Poosanikai Mor Kuzhambu/ Ash Gourd Buttermilk Curry is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have poosanikai mor kuzhambu/ ash gourd buttermilk curry using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Poosanikai Mor Kuzhambu/ Ash Gourd Buttermilk Curry:
- Make ready 1/4 kg Ash Gourd/Poosanikai cut into small pieces
- Prepare 1/2 cup grated coconut
- Make ready 1 tsp Toor dal
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp Coriander seeds
- Prepare 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
- Get 4 Garlic pods
- Make ready 5 Dry Red Chillies broken
- Prepare 1/2 tsp Rice
- Make ready 10 Shallots roughly chopped
- Take 1 Medium size Onion chopped
- Get Curry leaves few
- Make ready Coriander leaves few
- Prepare 2 tsp Coconut Oil
- Get 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
- Get 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- Prepare Buttermilk-as required
- Take Salt-as per your taste
- Get Water-as required
Mor Kuzhambu or Moru Curry is nothing but a buttermilk curry using coconut and lentils. Veggies like Poosanikai/White Pumpkin(Ash Gourd), Vendakka/Okra, Zucchini, Yam or Paruppu Urundai or even Masal Vadai can be used for Mor Kuzhambu. Moru Curry or Mor curry is also called as puliserry and is the seasoned yogurt and coconut curry. Moru curry or buttermilk curry is made with different vegetables. most commonly with vegetables like white pumpkin, colocassia, yam, ladies finger, tomato, cucumber, ash gourd, Ripe mango & raw.
Steps to make Poosanikai Mor Kuzhambu/ Ash Gourd Buttermilk Curry:
- Place a pan in the stove. Switch on the flame. Add Ash Gourd pieces and some water for it to cook. Cover and cook for 15mins until it becomes transparent.
- In a mixie,add grated coconut, shallots, coriander seeds, cumin seeds,toor dal, rice, red chillies and garlic. Grind to form a smooth paste by adding some water.
- Place another curry pan in the stove. Switch on the flame. Add oil.
- Once the oil gets heat, add mustard seeds(you can also add 1 dry red chilli for extra spicy). Once it gets spluttered, add onions and curry leaves. Saute until onions become translucent.
- Then add the cooked ash gourd. Mix well.
- Then add the ground paste, turmeric powder,salt and buttermilk as required for curry. Half cover the currypan with a lid and cook for 15 mins in medium low flame.
- Add coriander leaves. Mix it and transfer to a bowl.
- Now it's ready to serve with hot rice and dosa.
Tamil style Mor kuzhambu made with coconut masala and onion. So, I don't make mor kuzhambu often as its too "yogurty" for me to handle. Yogurt in kurma, biryani and things like that is fine but I still haven't made friends with Mor Kuzhambu. Mor Kuzhambu is a scrumptious butter milk curry recipe, popular in Kerala. It is actually buttermilk curry seasoned with cumin seeds, coriander seeds, turmeric powder and mustard seeds.
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