Recipe for Mulaku Varutha Puli – Palakkad Style / Small Red Onions & Green Chillies in Tamarind Sauce
Ingredients :
Small onions/Shallots/Kunjulli : 8-10 (chopped)
Green chillies : 4-5 or to your tolerance level (chopped)
Tamarind : lemon sized ball or 1tbsp pulp (soaked in 1cup of hot water for 10 mins)
Jaggery : a small piece
Mustard seeds : 1/2 tsp
Fenugreek seeds : 1/4tsp
Curry leaves : 1 sprigs
Coconut Oil : 11/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Method of Preparation :
1. Soak tamarind/puli in 1cup of water for 10 minutes and extract juice from it and or if using pulp dissolve it in hot water and keep it aside.
2. Heat coconut oil in a pan/kadai, add mustard seeds when it starts to splutter, add fenugreek,curry leaves and saute for a minute.
3. Add chopped onions,chopped green chillies and saute until the onions become translucent.
4. Add tamarind juice and allow it boil, when it starts to froth.
5. Add jaggery/sharkkara and remove from heat. Serve with hot and steamed rice.
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Happy Cooking!
Sangeetha
🙂 athu adipoli annu allo…Palakkat-il evideannu? ente veetil ithu eppolum undakum, those are to-die-for! Though, I must admit,I haven't made it for a while now.
Cheers!
Sangeetha
Geethuuuuuuuuuuuuu,hahahahahaaa,njanum pakuthi palakkatukariyann,ethu adi poli to..nammmalde swntham mulaku varutha puli,,,kandappol thanea vayil kappalodikkanulla vellamm..ethum 2 kashnam unakka meen varuthathum,,italiyum ,amerikkayum onnum aduthu polum varilla allea,,thanku ,thanku, thanku,,dear:)nte achan etinea Tharavattu puli eannanu paranjirunnath,,
Ammu goa…
Hi Jaya, You're welcome! Palakkad and Mulaku Varutha Puli rocks 🙂
Cheers!
Sangeetha
Nostalgic…I am also from Palakkad and this is one of my favourite…Oh my Palakkad!
Thanx sangeetha for posting!!
@ Rose, 🙂 Thank You!
I am from palakkad and this dish was prepared almost every day in my "tharavadu" coz it so easy..
I feel nostalgic and happy when I saw this here!
Wow! I am from palakkad and this was made almost every day in my "tharavadu" coz its so easy!!!
I am happy to see this here!
Thanks so much all of you for your lovely comments…hope to c u all again very soon.
@Namitha Ithu Mulakushyam alla… Mulakushyam paripittu chela veggies(cumcumber,pumpkin or jackfruit,koorka) koote indakum..chelaide athil thengaium jeergamium arachu ozhikum..njan long back mulakushyam post cheythuindu da..whenever u have time u can just c that…Thank u.:)
Tongue tickler!
Simple and different… never made anything like this before… will try for sure…
Yummy dish! Looks so flavorful!
Oh I love it….it really goes well with rice & fish fry :).
Engane kothipikalle…..
Wow this dish is absolutely very new to me..Looks prefect for winters..
Yummy delight Sangee!! Only diff is we make it with sesame oil! Truly delectable with rice, isnt it!!
Sounds like a very interesting soup.
i rem my mil making this…its yummmm and tangy!
Sangee, ithinalle avaru mulakushyam ennu vilikkunne? I am bit confused..:-)
Thats a new gravy, never heard abt this before..looks very delicious
yummmmm……delicious…i am hungry now:)
easy and nice.. bet it should have tasted good with rice!
Really only 2-3 minutes…I need to try this!!!
This is absolutely a new dish for me. Looks delicious and lovely. I will definitely try your recipe.
wow ,my mom makes the same..we call it as puli pachadi.. with dal rice , it tastes gr8 🙂
your dish is delicious.we also make onion vatral kuzhambu with tamarind and all the items u have mentioned. It goes vey well with rice and pappad and pachadi.
sounds very good sangeetha…i'd love to have it as a soup..
Droolz! The dish is steaming hot and delicious! Really perfect for winters!
Looks very innovative and refreshing Sangeetha..
Oh my goodness! That looks so tasty! It does sound so easy, this recipe is perfect for easy veggie gal like me, YUM! Can't wait to give this a try!
p.s. I've noticed that you always use coconut oil. I know they are very good for you, that's why Indian ladies have beautiful complexion, is that right?