Milagu Kuzhambu Recipe How To Make Milagu Kulambu

Amma’s always says that pepper is good for you and try to use it whenever possible…I too love to add pepper in all my dishes. Pepper Mushroom, Pepper Chicken are one of my favorite dishes and I make them often. One day I made this dish and amma was totally happy because she don’t eat mushrooms and chicken, So she has never tasted the above recipes. But this one was her favorite and she enjoyed it a lot. Now coming back to recipe. As you all know that roasting spices increase their flavour and taste. I love to see the way how the mild spices turns nutty and aromatic when it gets roasted. Hope you will try this and let me know if you have any doubts. Straight away I am delivering you the step by step recipe with pictures. I want to show you Amma’s Spice bowl. This one is called as Masala Dabba. She keep all her whole spices in this lovely container. She even have another plastic one for keeping her powdered spices.

Ingredients for Milagu Kuzhambu

Shallots / Sambar Onion / Chinna Ulli-10 Garlic Pods -10 Tamarind -1 small lemon size soaked in water Salt to taste

For Roasting and Grinding:

Coriander Seeds / Malli -3 tblspn Urad Dal / Ulundam Paruppu -1 tblspn Channa Dal / Kadala Paruppu -1 tblspn Pepper-2 tblspn or to taste Raw Rice-1 tsp

For Tempering / Seasoning:

Oil- 6 tblspn Mustard seeds / Kaduku-1 tsp Cumin seeds / Jeerakam-1 tsp Fenugreek seeds / Vandayam- ¼ tsp Curry leaves – 2 spring