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Sivakasi Karuvadu Kuzhambu Recipe

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Total time
40 min
Serves
4
Cuisine
Indian
Sivakasi Karuvadu Kuzhambu Recipe

Ingredients

  • Tamarind - 1 small lemon size
  • Shallots / Sambar Onion - 20 chopped finey
  • Tomato - 1 large chopped finely
  • Green Chillies - 4 slit
  • Garlic - 5 cloves sliced
  • Kashmiri Chilli Powder - 2 tblsp
  • Cumin Powder - 2 tsp
  • Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Gingelly Oil / Nala Ennai / Sesame Oil - 1/2 cup
  • Water - 1 cup
  • Nethili Karuvadu - 2 packets

Steps

  1. 1

    Wash and soak dried fish in warm water for 10 mins. Drain and set aside.

  2. 2

    Take tamarind in a bowl, add water and soak for 10 mins. Drain and take it in a earthernware pot.

  3. 3

    Add in chopped onions and all ingredients except oil and fish.

  4. 4

    Bring it to a boil, boil for 5 mins.

  5. 5

    Now add in oil and boil for 5 more mins.

  6. 6

    Add fish and cook till fish is cooked.

  7. 7

    Take it off the heat and let it stand for 1 hour for the flavour to develop.

  8. 8

    Serve with rice.

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