Tattai payaru kuzhambu

Preparation time:

30 mins

Serves 4

Ingredients:

Small onions – 10 nos.cut in halves

Garlic – 6 to 8 cloves

Tomato – 1 big finely chopped 

Curry leaves – 1 sprig

Red cow peas – 1 cup

Tamarind – pulp of 1 lemon size ball

Chittinad sambar powder – 4 table spoons

Coriander powder – 2 tablespoons

Turmeric powder

Oil – 3 table spoons

Salt to taste

For seasoning:

Jeera – 1 teaspoon

Sauf – ½ teaspoon

Black pepper – 1 teaspoon

Hing – ¼ teaspoon

Fenugreek seeds – ½ teaspoon

Procedure:

Dry roast the peas in a heavy bottom vessel until the aroma comes out.

In a cooker add the peas and 1½ cups water and cook it for 4 whistles or until its soft.

Keep a pan on the stove, add oil and when its warm and ready add the seasoning. When it starts to splutter add curry leaves, turmeric and fry till the raw smell goes.

Then add onions and cook till the colour changes, then add garlic and fry, now add the tomatoes and cook until they become mushy.

Now add the sambar powder, coriander powder and salt to taste and fry until the raw smell goes away. Now add the tamarind pulp and allow it to boil for 2 to 3 mins. Then add this mixture to the cooked peas in the cooker and cook it for 2 whistle so that it becomes a homogenous gravy.

Open the lid and now you can add water and adjust the consistency and check for salt and your dish is ready to be served with rice.

Notes:

In tamil its taatai payaru, other names for this are red chori in hindi, red cow peas in english.

I already gave the sambar powder recipe in my previous blog you can browse or you can click the link below 

https://akilasdeliciousdelicacies.blogspot.com/2020/04/chettinad-chicken-kozhambu.html?m=1

Bigger the red cow peas it tastes better.

But smaller sized ones have more nutritional values as they are indigenously grown.

Its better to use country tomatoes because bangalore tomatoes does not contribute to the taste nor consistency of the kuzhambu

This is a traditional preparation and its rich in protein

as this peas consist of 25% protein and has very low fat content so very good for health.

Left overs are great with idly or dosa too.

Try and let me know your feedback in my comments section.