Pongal kuzhambu is made with whatever vegetables are in season. The flavours of mixed vegetables in sambar are delicious. Pongal is a time when you can get a lot of country vegetables or nattu vegetables. I adore mochai (lima beans, broad beans) in any form, especially fresh.
I used to get KG from India every time. Because of COVID, I’m not sure about this year. Check out my blog for a variety of mochai recipes. Returning to the recipe, it goes well with Pongal, particularly white pongal or milk pongal. It’s also healthy because it’s loaded with vegetables. Please try it out for this Pongal and provide feedback.
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Ingredients for making Pongal kuzhambu
Vegetables – 3 cups (Red pumpkin, Raw banana, broad beans (Avaraikkai), Sweet potato, Drumstick , Brinjal / Eggplant/ Katharikkai, Mochai)
Shallots / small onion – 8 (peel and slice into 2)
Oil – 1 tablespoon
Cooked toor dal – 1/2 cup
Garlic – 4 pods
Tomato – 2 (chopped)
Salt to taste
Tamarind – 1 small lemon size. mix well and take 1 cup water
Turmeric powder – 1/2 teaspoon
Sambar powder – 1 tablespoon
Green chili – 2 (Adjust to spice level)
To Temper
Oil – 1 tablespoon
Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon
Methi – few
karuvadagam / black vadagam – 1/2
curry leaves – 10
Step by step instruction to make Pongal kuzhambu
Step 1: Heat oil for tempering. Add karuvadagam let it splutter. add cumin seeds, methi, and curry leaves. Let it crackle. Add onion, green chili and garlic. Fry till transparent
Step 2: Add Tomatoes. Fry for a min. Add all the vegetables and salt. Fry for 2 mins. Add 1 cup of water. Cook the vegetables till 1/2 done
Step 3: Add tamarind water, Sambar powder, turmeric powder. Cook till raw smell goes off
Step 4: Add cooked toor dal. mix well. Adjust the salt. Let it boil
Step 5: Serve hot
Notes
- This is made with all the seasonal vegetables
- It tastes better if you use vegetables like broad beans, pumpkin, brinjal (eggplant), Yam etc. In the event if you cannot get all these vegetables use what is available with you
- This goes well with even steamed rice
Health benefits of kuzhambu
- Mix of vegetables in this increases nutritional value of the kuzhambu
- Tamarind in this curry add vitamin C to the kuzhambu
- Vegetable, dal, spices makes it perfect for any one pot rice base meal
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Pongal kuzhambu
Ingredients
- 3 cup Vegetables (Red pumpkin, Raw banana, broad beans (Avaraikkai), Sweet potato, Drumstick , Brinjal / Eggplant/ Katharikkai, Mochai)
- 8 Shallots / small onion (peel and slice into 2)
- 1 tbsp Oil
- 1/2 cup Cooked toor dal
- 4 Garlic pods
- 2 Tomato chopped
- Tamarind 1 small lemon size. mix well and take 1 cup water
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 tbsp Sambar powder
- 2 green chili adjust to your spice level
To Temper
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- few Methi (Fenugreek seeds)
- 2 tsp karuvadagam / black vadagam 1/2 ball
- 10 curry leaves - 10
Instructions
- Heat oil for tempering. Add karuvadagam let it splutter. add cumin seeds, methi, and curry leaves. Let it crackle. Add onion, green chili and garlic. Fry till transparent
- Add Tomatoes. Fry for a min. Add all the vegetables and salt. Fry for 2 mins. Add 1 cup of water. Cook the vegetables till 1/2 done
- Add tamarind water, Sambar powder, turmeric powder. Cook till raw smell goes off
- Add cooked toor dal. mix well. Adjust the salt. Let it boil
- Serve hot
Notes
Notes
- This is made with all the seasonal vegetables
- It tastes better if you use vegetables like broad beans, pumpkin, brinjal (eggplant), Yam etc. In the event if you cannot get all these vegetables use what is available with you
- This goes well with even steamed rice
Health benefits of kuzhambu
- Mix of vegetables in this increases nutritional value of the kuzhambu
- Tamarind in this curry add vitamin C to the kuzhambu
- Vegetable, dal, spices makes it perfect for any one pot rice base meal
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