Poondu Kolumbu
Just to share with you…..
I know some of us don’t like poodu because of its smell but I am a very great fan of garlic. My favourite picke is garlic pickle. I intake poondu in terms of pickle,chutney,gravy,poondu sadam etc. Since my hubby don’t like poondu I stopped cooking it often. Rarely I used to cook for my self. I can say I have forgotten few recipes since I have not cooking all those. But Recently I have made this curry two times . He liked it a lot. Though he didn’t eat garlic in the curry but he is now a great fan of that curry. Hope people who don’t like garlic also loves this curry. I have heard people saying garlic as poodu,poondu, velanga poodu etc . There might be lot more names also.
Poondu kolumbu
Ingredients:
- Garlic pods (peeled) – 1 cup
- Gingily oil – 2 tsp
- Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
- Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
- Asafoetida powder/Perunkayam – a pinch
- Curry leaves – a strand
- Tamarind – small lemon size
- Salt – as required
Dry roast and grind the following into fine paste
- Black peppercorns – 1 tsp
- Coriander seeds – 1 tsp
- Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
- channa dal – 1tsp>
- Toor dal – 1 tsp>
- Urad dal - 1/2 tsp
- Red chillies – 3
Preparation
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Mean time ,extract tamarind juice by adding 2 cups of water to the tamarind.
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When the garlic turns light brown, add the tamarind juice and bring it to boil.
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While it’s boiling, add the asafoetida powder, turmeric powder and salt. This should be in stove for atleast 5 mins.
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After a couple of minutes add the grinded paste and mix well.
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Allow the content to boil for atleast 10 minutes at low heat. The content will start thickening.
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Finally turn of the heat and add the remaining half tablespoon of gingily oil for an extra flavor.
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Garnish with corriander leaves if you want. Got well with hot rice.
Tips
If you have added more water and the gravy is not thickening then in that case you can add a tablespoon of besan flour /kadala mava and whisk it in half cup water and pour it in the gravy and stir well. This will thicken the gravy in no time. For any type of gravy you can use this as a thickening agent.
Akal
hi
poondu kozhambu i something I almost forgot; my grandma used to do it when we were kids; hmmm, reviving nice memories; sounds almost like pickle and sounds hot and tangy. with hot rice, that must be yummy. i love ppondu pickles too, but always fall for the yerra urukkai.
got a lovely blog here; didn’t know where to stop for commenting, as I want to leave a comment under almost every post; your mutton varuval sounds simply hot and delicious too.
Jebs
Hi
How the garlic get turns into brown? How much the Gingely oil we can take for this recipe? You told to take 2 tea spoons of oil ……….. but in the preparation part,u told add the remaining 1/2 table spoon oil…… where is the remaining oil gone? Please clear it………. Because I love poondu……. I want to make this……….
lalitha
hi
i love poondu kuzhambu n my mom makes tasty poondu kuzhambu.rasam without garlic i can’t imagine abt it.i love garlic pickles very much n u can have it with chappati,rice dosa n any kind of snacks.garlic is very good for health too.thanx for sharing such a healthy n tasty dish.
Mrs.Sumithra Pradeep
hi!
when do we do the tempering?
u have failed to mention abt the use of rai and cuuryleaves.
can we use coconut?
aa
i saw ur website…
its interesting..
good treat especially for tamil families
krishnamurthy
respected madam,
lovely. if you are not mistaken me ican suggest,
(1) poondu or onion using we can avoid asafoetida,both are idsntical flavour. the same masala you can add karuveppilai, good quantity without oil fry it some extend and grind along with your masala, after boiling put gingelly oil as required with karam and salt, the mix should boi on oil for awhie. Ie; water contents reduced as required. after cooling preserved it for a quite some days. when ever you required you can mix it with cooked rice
you can carry any where the ready mix.
try it not ignored it it is only suggestion
Mythili
Hi Anita,
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-Mythili
malathy
its looks great,i am going to try it today
MALAR
Hi anitha,
VISITED YR SITE TODAY.REALLY INTERESTING…POONDU KUZHAMBU EXCELLENT..My place is chennimalai but now in chennai,,Add some recipes with RAAGI.
I’ve asked my daughter abi to refer yr site for variety cooking..Nalla muyarchi,,vaazhthukkal!