Vendakkai Puli Pachadi is a delicious South Indian curry served with for rice. I’m sharing the recipe with a video today. It can be made with any vegetable and it is more famous in Tamil Nadu. This is a spicy and tangy curry which is prepared with okra in tamarind base and cooked with various spices.
It is also known as Vendakkai Puli Kozhumbu. Check out the video recipe:
You can also try Vendakkai mor curry for a variation for okras. Check out the detailed recipe to make this Vendakkai puli kozhambu and I’m sure you will enjoy it.
Vendakkai Puli Kolumbu
Ingredients
- 10 Vendakkai / Okra
- 3 tbsp Tamarind
- 1 tbsp Jaggery powdered
- 2 tsp Sambar Powder
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 1 tbsp Chana Dal
- 2 dried red chillies
- 1 sprig Curry Leaves
- salt to taste
- 2 tbsp Sesame Oil
- 1 tsp Rice flour
- 1/2 tsp Fenugreek seeds
- 1/8 tsp Asafoetida
Instructions
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Soak tamarind in 1 cup of warm water for 15 minutes. Mash nicely and drain the water in a separate bowl by removing the pulp.
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Clean and dry the okar with a cloth. Chop them into 1/2 a inch sized pieces.
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Heat a pan with cooking oil and temper with mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds.
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When mustard seeds crackle, add the curry leaves, red chilli, chana dal and sauté for a minute.
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Add okra, asafoetida, turmeric powder and sambar powder and fry on medium flame for few minutes.
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Add the tamarind water and mix well. Lower the flame and let it simmer.
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Add rice flour and mix well.
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Add jaggery and salt and let it simmer it it thickens.
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Remove from the flame and serve it warm with rice.
Looks good, thanks for sharing, are all the ingredients easy to get?
I think you should be able to get the ingredients or in any Indian store.
wow… look at the thickness.. yum…
love this.. anything with bhindi
love this.. anything with bhindi
Looks good. I'm now hungry to get some breakfast.
nice & tempting
Tasty Appetite
Vendakaai puli pachadi looks really yumm.
Looks good. I have never had anything like this before so I am interested in how it would taste! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
I love okra.. but never tried it with tamarind gravy… May be 'coz I dont much like sweet taste in my gravies/curries 🙁 Have to make this one…
It looks yummy! I love indian foods! Just like 'rottie' that come new to our place 🙂 ..
This is great! I can relate much with this food since we asian culturally love rice 🙂 ..
yummy kuzhambu, it is ages since i made this, lovely enticing pics as always ..best wishes Priya
Thanks akka 🙂