Mudakatran keerai kulambu
Mudakathan is the medicinal green plant.. Making curry with mudakathan leaves is more tastier and healthier too.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup Sesame oil
- 1 cup Mudakatran keerai green leaves cleaned
- 1 tsp Mustard and urad dal
- 1 handful curry leaves
- 10 Shallots | Naattu (chinna) vengayam Chopped finely
- 2 Full Garlic about 20 cloves
- 1 Tomato Chopped
- ¾ tsp Salt as per taste
- ½ tsp Crushed pepper powder Coarsely ground
- 3/4 tsp Fenugreek seeds / Vendhayam
- ¼ tsp Turmeric powder
- 3 tsp Sambar powder / Kulambu masala powder Adjust as per spice requirement
- ¼ cup Grated coconut optional
- 1 Lemon sized Tamarind Extract the pulp
Instructions
- Clean and wash the mudakathan keerai.
- Heat a kadai, add sesame oil. Once the oil is hot, add mustard and urad dal.
- After mustard spluttered, add curry leaves.
- Now add finely chopped shallots and garlic cloves.
- Add fenugreek seeds and saute until turns golden brown.
- Then, you can add salt and pepper powder.
- Now, add mudakathan keerai leaves and saute well.
- After its sauteed well in oil completely, add chopped tomatoes and cook until its mashed.
- Now add turmeric powder and sambar / masala powder, saute until its raw smell goes off.
- Add tamarind extract water and adjust water as per gravy thickness you want.
- After it starts boiling, reduce flame and cook until oil gets separated and thin layer forms on top.
- Add grated coconut and cook for 5 more minutes in low flame and turn off.
- Serve hot with rice and side dish of your choice.