Healthy Food Recipes - Thirikadugam Kuzhambu (Sukku, Milagu and Thippili Kuzhambu)
Posted on: 16/Feb/2015 4:26:09 PM
Ingredients:
- Tamarind – a small lemon sized ball
- Garlic- 5 cloves
- Onion – 1 nos
- Turmeric Powder – ¼ spoon
- Mustard seeds – ¼ spoon
- Cooking oil – 8 spoons
- Curry leaves – a few
- Salt –to taste
To Roast & Grind:
- Dry Ginger (Sukku) – 2cm length
- Pepper corns – 1 tbsp.
- Long Pepper (Thippili) – 6 nos
- Channa Dal – 1 tbsp.
- Urad dal – ½ tbsp.
- Coriander seeds – 1 tbsp.
- Cumin seeds – 1 tbsp.
- Red chilli – 5 nos
Method of Preparation:
- Dry fry channa dal and urad dal in a pan and collect it separately.
- In the same way, dry fry coriander seeds, red chilli and a few curry leaves and keep aside.
- Again heat pepper corns and cumin seeds.
- Heat Sukku (dry ginger) and long pepper (Thippili) well and allow it to cool for some time.
- Add the above all fried items in a mixer and grind well by adding required quantity of water.
- Heat the pan with 8 spoons of oil and add mustard seeds, curry leaves and garlic.
- Then add the chopped onion and saute until its colour turns golden brown. Then add the grinded paste to it.
- Mix it well and stir for about 2 minutes. Then add the water, salt, turmeric powder, tamarind extract and stir well.
- Once you get a thicker consistency, you can observe the oil gets floating on top of the kozambhu. It’s time for you to switch off the stove and transfer it into a bowl.
- Serve hot Thirikadugam Kuzhambu! Goes excellent with rice.
- You can store this dish for 2 to 3 days in fridge and you can use it.
Tips:
- You can also grind the items given under ‘to roast and grind’ section to a coarse powder without adding water and store it in the fridge. It can be used at the time of preparation of the Thirikadugam Kuzhambu.
- This dish will serve you better relief, if you consume it at the time of cold and cough.
- If you want, you can add one tomato along with the onion.
- For some people, these Sukku and Thippili may induce body heat. Thus you can add half spoon of fenugreek to roast and grind.
- As Thrikadugam Kozambhu holds, three essential medicinal herbs including Sukku (dry ginger); Pepper corns; Thippili (long pepper corn) – It can undoubtedly cure cold and cough.
- Assists in good digestion.
- Helps good relief for sinus problem.
- Helps to cure cold related health issues.
- Addining Thirikadugam in food, keeps body diseases at bay.
- You can also prepare either Rasam, or Soup or Kashayam using Thirikadugam.
- Thirikadugam has the potent to turns your body fit and free from medicine supplements.
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Mrs. Lavanya Sampath
