Pachai sundakkai Kara Kuzhambu is one of the tasty and healthy ancient recipes which is made atleast once in a week in the olden days to get the benefits of turkey berry. This will be available in the market and add this to your day today diet for gaining good health. Turkey berries are available at all fruit shops in Chennai. You can also use the ready made thallippu vadagam available in the supermarket.
Health Benefits of Pachai Sundakkai or Turkey Berry1. Lowers Blood glucose when one consumes the turkey berries for 4 days in a week.
2. Helps to kill the germs in the body.
3. Helps to strengthen the bones.
4. Prevents from any form of gas trouble
5. Helps to cure Paralysis.
Ingredients for making Pachai sundakkai Kara Kuzhambu
Green Sundakkai - 1 cupDrumstick - 1
Small onions - 1 handful
Tomatoes - 1
Thalippu Vadagam - 2 tsp.
Garlic - 10
A sprig of fresh curry leaves
Tamarind - Lemon size
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp.
Sambhar powder - 2 tbsp.
Rice flour - 1 tbsp.
Salt to taste.
Method for making Pachai sundakkai Kara Kuzhambu
1. Wash the green sundakkai and then deseed it. You can remove the seeds by crushing them with a handpestle and then soaking in water to remove the seeds.
2. Heat oil in a pan, add the vadagam and then the curry leaves followed by the small onions, garlic and tomatoes. Saute well and the add the drumstick cut into 2 inch pieces and the smashed deseeded pachai sundakkai without the pods.
3. Extract the juice from the tamarind add 2 cups of water (adjust water accordingly) and then add the salt, turmeric powder and the sambhar powder and mix well.
4. Pour this extract to the contents in the pan and allow this to boil for 8 - 10 minutes.
5. Mix the rice flour with little water and then pour this to the kuzhambu and cook till it becomes thick.
Serve hot with White rice.
Check here for more pachai sundakkai recipes.
0 Comments