Vatha Kulambu | Manathakkali Vathal Kuzhambu Recipe

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Manathakkali Vathal Kuzhambu recipe/Vatha Kulambu Recipe is given below with step-by-step instructions.

Vatha Kulambu | Manathakkali Vathal Kuzhambu Recipe | Vathal Kuzhambu Recipe

Vatha Kulambu/Manathakkali Vathal Kuzhambu Recipe is a simple dish with complex flavours. You get to taste sour, spicy, salty, bitter and very mildly sweet flavours. There are many variations to preparing this recipe. In this post, I have shared a very simple and easy variation of the Manathakkali Vathal Kuzhambu Recipe. The Manathakkali Vathal Kuzhambu recipe is given below with step-by-step instructions.

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Before moving on to the Manathakkali Vathal Kuzhambu Recipe. Let's know about -
1. What is Vatha Kulambu?
2. What is Manathakkali Vathal Kuzhambu Recipe?

What is Vatha Kulambu?

Vatha Kulambu Recipe is a traditional south Indian curry recipe. It is made as an accompaniment to plain rice. Vatha Kulambu is also a part of the Tamil Vegetarian Valai Ilai Sappadu/Vegetarian Thali. Vatha Kulambu is a flavourful dish you get to taste sour, spicy, salty, bitter and very mildly sweet flavours. There are many variations to preparing the vatha kulambu recipe. No onion no garlic vatha kulambu recipe, hotel-style vatha kulambu recipe, Iyengar style vatha kulambu recipe and many more. In the vatha kulambu recipe, vathal is the main ingredient used to prepare the dish. Vathal is sun-dried vegetables or berries.

What is Manathakkali Vathal Kuzhambu Recipe?

As I previously mentioned, vatha kulambu is a traditional south Indian curry recipe. Typically, served as an accompaniment to plain rice. Manathakkali Vathal Kuzhambu recipe is a simple and flavourful recipe prepared with Manathakkali Vathal as the main flavour. Manathakkali Vathal is a sun-dried form of Black nightshade berries.

If you are new to the Manathakkali Vathal/Black nightshade berries ingredient. No Worries. I've already written a detailed post about it. Kindly, click the below link to check out -
🔗Manathakkali Vathal/Black nightshade berries

In this post, I've shared a simple and easy method to prepare Manathakkali Vathal Kuzhambu Recipe. You can serve this recipe with steamed rice or idli or dosai.

All right, let's move on to the Manathakkali Vathal Kuzhambu Recipe.

How to make Manathakkali Vathal Kuzhambu?/How to make Manathakkali Vatha Kulambu?

Manathakkali Vathal Kuzhambu recipe is a simple and flavourful curry recipe prepared with Manathakkali Vathal as the main flavour. You get to taste sour, bitter, salty, spicy and very mildly sweet flavours.

Cuisine - Tamil Cuisine
Serving - 5
Timing - 30 minutes

INGREDIENTS

Manathakkali Vathal/Black Nightshade Berries - 3/4 cup
Tamarind - large lemon-sized
Dry Red Chilli - 6
Toor Dal - 1 teaspoon
Chana Dal - 1 teaspoon
Mustard seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
Asafoetida - 1 pinch
Curry Leaves - 1 sprig
Sambar Masala Powder - 1 1/2 tablespoons
Rice Flour - 1 tablespoon
Salt - to taste
Gingelly Oil - 4 tablespoon
Jaggery Powder - 1 tablespoon

INSTRUCTIONS

1. To begin making the Manathakkali Vathal Kuzhambu recipe - Soak the tamarind in 1 cup of water for 20 minutes. Keep all the ingredients ready.

2. To Cook - Heat a Kadai and add 2 tablespoons of oil add mustard seeds let them splutter and then add toor dal, chana dal, red chilli, curry leaves, and asafoetida and fry for a few seconds.

3. Now add the sambar masala powder and fry for a minute add 2 cups of water and allow to boil.

4. Meanwhile, extract water from tamarind pulp.

5. Now add tamarind water to the boiling curry and add salt and cook for 5 minutes on high flame.

6. Turn the flame to low and cook further for 10 minutes.

7. In a small cup add rice flour and 1/2 cup of water and make a slurry and add to the curry.

8. To Fry - Heat a tadka pan add the remaining oil and Manathakkali vathal and fry for a minute.

9. Finally add fried manathakkali vathal with oil to the curry and the jaggery powder and cook for 2 minutes.

10. Turn off the flame and rest the curry for 30 minutes and then serve.

11. Manathakkali Vathal Kuzhambu recipe is ready.

You can serve this Manathakkali Vathal Kuzhambu recipe with steamed rice or idli or dosai.

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