Last updated on March 7th, 2019
Poondu milagu kuzhambu is a delicious, flavorful and spicy kuzhambu or stew from Tamil cuisine. This kuzhambu is made with garlic and black peppercorns, a classic combination. This is the best kuzahmbu you should be eating when your palette craves something spicy, hearty and soulful. Here is how to make delicious poondu milagu kuzhambu at home.
This poondu milagu kuzhambu recipe is a favorite and staple at home especially after festivals feasts and in winter. Poondu means garlic and milagu means black peppercorns in Tamil. Both these ingredients are very good for health with so much cleansing properties. So there is no wonder this milagu kuzhambu is prepared in most Tamil homes after festival feasts.
At out home we love this poondu milagu kuzhambu extra spicy with a good dose of garlic and curry leaves. With curry leaves, garlic and peppercorns this kuzhambu is not only tasty also a very good cleanser and best one to have during winters.
Serve poondu milagu kuzhambu piping hot with freshly steamed rice and sesame oil. You can pair this kuzhambu with poricha kootu, pudalangai kootu, avarakkai kootu or vadam or simple stir fry with okra.
What Goes In The Making Of Poondu Milagu Kuzhambu?
You need very basic and simple ingredients stocked in the pantry for making this kuzhambu. You just need garlic, peppercorns, curry leaves, chana dal, sesame oil to make this kuzhambu.
I have added eggplant or brinjal in this recipe, but you can totally make this kuzhambu without vegetables. Few more vegetables that will go well in this recipe are okra, broad beans etc.
How To Make
Easy kuzhambu recipe with garlic and black peppercorns, I found this poondu milagu kuzhambu recipe in a “Menu rani” Chellam’s cook book and tried it with few changes.We liked this kuzhambu very much. This is a very easy recipe but tastes so delicious and comforting with fresh steamed rice and a dollop of sesame oil. Here I have used brinjal/eggplant,though it was not mentioned in the recipe, I thought eggplants will compliment this dish and I was right too :). Do try this poondu milagu kuzhambu recipe when you want a change from usual sambar,vatha kuzhambu etc.
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How to make poondu milagu kuzhambu recipe: Step by step
1. Heat 2 teaspoons sesame oil in a pan and fry gram dal,urad dal,dried red chillies,coriander seeds till golden brown. Switch off the flame and add add curry leaves. Mix well and let cool. Grind to a coarse/smooth paste. Soak tamarind in water and extract thick juice.
2. In the same pan add 1 more teaspoon sesame oil and temper with mustard seeds.Add fenugreek seeds and fry for 2-3 minutes. Add the garlic cloves,chopped eggplants and saute for 3-5 minutes.
3. Add the tamarind juice and bring to a boil. Add 1 1/2 cups water,salt,turmeric powder and mix well. Let boil for 10 minutes.
4. Add the ground paste and mix well. Boil for 10 minutes. Add jaggery and cook till the gravy thickens. Once the stew is thick,add 1/2 teaspoon oil and remove from flame. Serve poondu milagu kuzhambu hot with rice.
Poondu milagu kuzhambu recipe card
- Grind to a smooth paste:
- 2 tablespoons urad dal
- 2 tablespoons gram dal
- 1 1/2 teaspoons black peppercorns
- 3 dried red chillies
- 1 tablespoon coriander seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida
- 10-12 curry leaves
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- For kuzhambu
- 1 medium lemon sized tamarind ball
- 8-10 garlic cloves
- 3-4 small eggplants chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 small piece of jaggery
- Salt
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
- Heat 2 teaspoons sesame oil in a pan and fry gram dal,urad dal,dried red chillies,coriander seeds till golden brown. Switch off the flame and add add curry leaves. Mix well and let cool. Grind to a coarse/smooth paste. Soak tamarind in water and extract thick juice.
- In the same pan add 1 more teaspoon sesame oil and temper with mustard seeds.Add fenugreek seeds and fry for 2-3 minutes. Add the garlic cloves,chopped eggplants and saute for 3-5 minutes.
- Add the tamarind juice and bring to a boil. Add 1 1/2 cups water,salt,turmeric powder and mix well. Let boil for 10 minutes.
- Add the ground paste and mix well. Boil for 10 minutes. Add jaggery and cook till the gravy thickens. Once the stew is thick,add 1/2 teaspoon oil and remove from flame. Serve poondu milagu kuzhambu hot with rice.
1. For any kuzhambu sesame oil tastes best
2. I have used coriander powder as I did not have seeds. I used 1 tablespoon powder
3. You can use ready made tamarind paste too
Amazing kuzhambu with health benefits. Looks very yum.