Name: Pepper Pulikuzhambu recipe by Muthulakshmi Madhavakrishnan at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 15 small onions; 15 garlic cloves; 1 tbsp tamarind; 1/2 tsp mustard seeds; 1/2 tsp Urid dal; 1/4 tsp fenugreek; 1 tsp black pepper; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder; 1.5 tsp sambar powder; 1 tsp black pepper powder; 2 tsp powdered jaggery; 1/2 tsp asafoetida powder; few curry leaves; 5 tbsp gingelly oil; Salt

ABOUT Pepper Pulikuzhambu RECIPE

Try this kuzhambu on a cold wintery day and you will definitely enjoy this tangy and spicy dish. I learnt this recipe from a TV cookery show and prepared this dish many times. The taste was too good and it is also easy to prepare. It is ready within 20 minutes.

Ingredients Serving: 3

15 small onions
15 garlic cloves
1 tbsp tamarind
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp Urid dal
1/4 tsp fenugreek
1 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1.5 tsp sambar powder
1 tsp black pepper powder
2 tsp powdered jaggery
1/2 tsp asafoetida powder
few curry leaves
5 tbsp gingelly oil
Salt

Instructions

Soak the tamarind in hot water and extract the juice.
Heat oil in a mud pot and add fenugreek, mustard seeds and urid dal. Allow them to crackle.
Then add the peeled onions and garlic. Saute them in a medium flame. When it turns golden brown add curry leaves and whole black pepper. Stir it for a second and add the tamarind juice.
Then add turmeric powder, salt, pepper powder and sambar powder.
Bring this tamarind mixture to a boil and continue to cook. Cook till the mixture has thickened and then add the asafoetdia powder and powdered jaggery. Now keep the flame in low and cook till the kuzhambu becomes thick or till you see oil floating on the top of the kuzhambu. Once you see this consistency switch off the flame and and keep as it is in the pot for few more minutes minutes. minutes.
Serve this kuzhambu with fried papads and potato fry.

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