Mochakottai Kuzhambu / Val beans Gravy
 
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Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • Val beans / Mochakottai - ½ cup
  • Oil - ¼ cup
  • Mustard - ½ tsp
  • Fenugreek Seed - ½ tsp
  • Cumin Seed - ¼ tsp
  • Onion - 1 no
  • Garlic - 10 nos
  • Red Chili powder - 3 tsp
  • Coriander powder - 1 tsp
  • Cumin powder - 1tsp
  • Turmeric - ¼ tsp
  • Salt - as required
  • Tamarind - 1 lemon size
To Grind:
  • Tomato - 4 nos
  • Coriander leaves - ¼ cup
  • Curry leaves - 2 strands
Instructions
PREP:
  1. Soak Val beans for abt 8 hrs and pressure cook for 2 whistles with water 2 cups and salt. Soak Tamarind in 2 cups of water and extract juice. chop onions and garlic. Grind the items given in to Grind Section.
COOKING:
  1. In a pan heat oil. When hot add mustard, fenugreek, cumin. When the mustard crackles add chopped onion and garlic and fry till onion turns brown. Add the ground paste and cook till the raw smell leaves. Add Red Chili powder, Coriander powder, Cumin powder, Turmeric and fry for 2 minutes.
  2. Add the tamarind juice and cooked Val beans and allow it to boil till the raw smell from tamarind juice leaves and oil separates.
TIPS:
  1. Use Sesame Oil for better taste with tamarind.
Recipe by Sashi Recipes at https://www.sashirecipes.com/mochakottai-gravyval-beans-gravy.html