VALAIPOO URUNDAI KULAMBU (kugan )

VALAIPOO URUNDAI KULAMBU

Ingredients for valaipoo urundai:

½ cup channa dal soaked for 2 hours
1 cup valaipoo chopped and soaked in mooru
1 onion chopped fine
1 green chillie chopped fine
½ tsp aniseeds
½ tsp ginger chopped fine
Little coriander leaves chopped
Salt to taste.

Method:

In a pan, add few drops of oil, saute the squeezed valaipoo till lightly cooked
Drain and grind the channa dal to a coarse paste.
Now add together, the valaipoo, channa dal, chopped onion.
chopped green chillie, aniseeds, ginger, coriander leaves and salt to taste.

Now mix every thing nicely with your fingers.
Take small portions and shape them into small balls.
Now steam the balls in a steamer till cooked for about 10 minutes.
Remove and add it to the kulambu you are making.

As for the kulambu, I followed Dev,s recipe.
When the kulambu boils, lastly add in the valaipoo urundais.
Cook in simmer for about 10 minutes.
Remove and serve. 


DEV,S KULAMBU RECIPE:


Heat oil... add in kadalai paruppu(1 tbsp), cori seeds(32 tbsp),jeera(1 tsp),dry red chillies...remove them once golden. 
Heat oil again... add like 20 pearl onions, 2-3 garlic and fry till golden brown. you can also add a small tomato now and cook a bit.
Add grated coconut,turmeric, salt and cook for a minute.
grind both these together to a paste.

Add req tamarind extract to the paste and mix well.

This is the basic kuzhambu paste .

Heat oil. splutter mustard and add curry leaves. add chopped onion n saute for a while. 
Add the vazhaipoo and saute for few mins.
Add the kuzhambu paste and let it cook till the poo is thorougly cooked.
Add lil jaggery towards the end(optional but we add it for vazhaipoo. bittergourd, sundakkai kuzhambu)
Done