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Sep12

Butter Beans Kulambu / How to make Butter beans curry / Butter beans recipe

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Butter Beans are known as Lima beans or sieve beans, because of the color and buttery texture they are called as Butter beans. They are important sources of dietary fiber, protein and minerals. Because of the dietary fiber, they scrape cholesterol, and helps in heart health. Also, they improve the digestions, increases energy level and prevents diabetes.

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Butter Beans Kulambu / Lima Beans curry

Already I have shared a Butter Beans poriyal / Lima Beans curry and now it’s curry using butter beans. Butter beans curry or poriyal is usually liked by kids, because of its buttery texture. But when you pair them with steamed rice, increase little of the spice level with coconut masala, it tastes yum. Let me share the recipe…

Taking it to Fiesta Friday #189 hosted by Angie@thenovicegarderner.

Ingredients:

  • Butter Beans / Lima Beans – 2 handful
  • Onion – 1 no
  • Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
  • Cumin seeds – 1 tbsp + ¼ tsp
  • Curry leaves – 2 sprigs
  • Coconut pieces – 3 tbsp
  • Ginger-garlic paste – 1 tsp
  • Chilli powder – ¾ tsp
  • Coriander powder – 1 ½ tsp
  • Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
  • Salt – 1 tsp or to taste
  • Oil – 1 ½ tbsp
Coconut and cumin seeds about to grind
With mustard seeds, cumin and curry leaves
With finely chopped onions and curry leaves
With ground coconut paste
with spice powders
With lima beans / butter beans
with water
About to pressure cook for 2 whistles
After pressure cook – butter beans curry reacy
Butter Beans Kulambu / Lima Beans curry

Preparation:

  • Peel and finely chop the onions. Keep it aside.
  • Take coconut pieces and a tbsp of cumin seeds, grind it to a fine paste by adding little water and keep it aside.
  • Heat oil in a pressure cooker, add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds and curry leaves.
  • Add the chopped onions, cook until they turn golden brown in color.
  • Add the ground coconut masala followed by turmeric powder, chilli powder and coriander powder, cook for few mins or until the raw smell of the masala goes off.
  • Add the lima beans / butter beans followed by salt, pour a cup of water, bring to boil, cover and cook for 3 whistles.
  • Remove the lid when the pressure releases, transfer it to a bowl.

Serve hot with steamed rice and pappad or appalam.

 

May21

Mango Dal / Mambala Paruppu Kulambu – Mango Recipes

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Recently when I have been to Rajdhani for their Aamlicious, I got to taste this Mango Dal which was fantastic and that I liked to the core.

Mango Dal was little sweet, tangy and spicy, which went goes out well with pulav’s, rice, roti or Indian flat bread. I have prepared it using both ripe and raw mangoes for the perfect taste, I had there. We all like it and accompanied it with pulav, potato fry and appalam / pappad. Let me share the recipe…

Taking this to Fiesta friday #172 hosted by Angie@thenovicegarderner.

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Mango Dal Curry / Mambala Paruppu Kulambu

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Ingredients:

  • Split pigeon pea / Toor dal / Tuvaram paruppu – ¾ cup
  • Masoor dal / Red Lentil – ½ cup
  • Raw Mango – ½ cup
  • Ripe Mango – 1 cup
  • Onions – 1 no (medium size)
  • Chilli powder – ¾ tsp
  • Tumeric powder – ½ tsp
  • Garlic – 5 cloves
  • Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
  • Cumin seeds – ¼ tsp
  • Cumin powder – ½ tsp
  • Asafoetida – ¼ tsp
  • Fenugreek / methi / vendhayam – a pinch
  • Curry leaves – a sprig
  • Red chillies – 2 nos
  • Salt to taste
  • Coconut oil (any cooking oil) – 1 tbsp
  • Coriander leaves – 4 stalks (for garnishing)

Making of Mango Dal / Mambala Paruppu Kulambu –

Preparation:

  • Wash the lentils together, drain the water and keep it aside.
  • Peel and finely chop the onions and keep it aside.
  • Chop the raw mangoes and ripe mangoes to medium size and keep it aside.
  • Pressure-cook the lentils together for 3 whistles or until the mashing consistency.
  • Heat oil in a kadai, add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, red chilles and curry leaves, wait until they crackle.
  • Add the finely chopped onions and cook until they turn golden brown in color.
  • Add the raw mangoes, cook for few mins and cook in water until they are soft.
  • Add the chilli powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder and cook until the raw smell of the spice powder goes off.
  • Pour the pressure-cooked lentil, pour a cup of water (it should be runny), add salt, cover and bring it to boil.
  • Once it thickens, add the chopped ripe mangoes, gently stir it.
  • Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves and serve hot.

Serve hot with steamed rice or any pulav, also goes out well with roti or any Indian flat breads.

Apr11

Tomato Curry / Thakkali Kulambu

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Tomato Curry / Thakkali Kulambu is one such easy and simple recipe with very few ingredients available at all Indian kitchens. Also it’s very simple so that bachelor or beginners could handle it perfectly, more over this can be prepared in case of emergency, when there are guests or during sick times or after a vacation.

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Tomato curry is little sweet, tangy and little spicy, all these tastes give a perfect taste when combined with steamed rice. For the texture of the curry, refer the video link below. Let me share the recipe…

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Tomato Curry / Thakkali Kulambu

Ingredients:

  • Tomatoes – 4 nos
  • Onion – 1 no
  • Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
  • Split Black gram – ¼ tsp
  • Chilli powder – 1 tsp
  • Cumin powder – 1 ½ tsp
  • Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
  • Curry leaves – a sprig
  • Salt to taste
  • Coconut oil / Vegetable oil – 1 tbsp.

Making of Tomato Curry / Thakkali Kulambu –

Preparation:

  • Peel and finely chop the onions and tomatoes.
  • Heat oil in a kadai, add the mustard, split black gram and curry leaves, wait until they crackle.
  • Add the onions and cook until they turn brown in color.
  • Add the tomatoes and cook for few mins.
  • Add the spice powders followed by salt, cook for few mins until the raw smell of spice powder goes off.
  • Pour a cup of water, cook and cook until the tomatoes are mushy.
  • Remove the lid and cook in low flame until the oil starts floating on the top.
  • Transfer it to a bowl.

Serve hot with steamed rice and appalam or vadagam (rice crackers).