PONGAL SPECIAL KADHAMBA KUZHAMBU



   

         This is a pongal special recipe.  Since its the time of harvest all the country vegies are used.

It's more like a mixed vegie kuzhambu

Vegies here I used are yellow and white pumpkin, country bean and kizhangu used are karunai kizhangu, potato, sepankizhangu,  sakaraivalli kizhangu and mocchai payiru.



INGREDIENTS:

Pearl Onion   -   100gm

Vegetables     -   100gm

Kizhangu      -   150gm

Tamirand     - lemon size


FOR MASALA:

Coriander seeds -  2 tsp

Red chilli             -  4 -5 nos

Channa dhal      - 1/2 TSP

Toor dhal           - 1/2 TSP

Urad dhal          -  1 TSP

Rice                    - 1/TSP

Coconut            - 1/2 cup


STEPS

 Pressure Cook overnight soaked mochai for 3 whistles.

Cut all veg and kizhangu in big cubes.

Soak tamirand with salt and extract.

Peal the outer skin of pearl Onion.
Wash and keep aside.

Now heat a kadai add the ingredients given under masala and dry roast each ingredients seperately one by one.
Lastly add coconut.
Let it cool and grind to a smooth paste.
Add little water for grinding.

Now heat oil in a pan add vadagam, followed by Onion cook till transparent.

Next add all vegies, kizhangu cover and cook with  1 cup of water.

When vegies are half cooked add ground masala and tamirand extract.

When starts to bubble add mochai.

Cook till raw smell goes.

Enjoy with plain rice or pal(milk) pongal.

Tips:

Use vadagam for tempering, it gives strong flavor.

Can add garlic while tempering.

Use sirukaranai and fresh local vegies.




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