Name: Pulinkari
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2 people
Ingredients: Yellow pumpkin(Mathanga) or; Elephant yam(Chena) or; Raw banana(Vazhakka) or; Kumbalanga or; Vellarikka or; 2 cups Any other similar vegetable (cut into pieces); 3/4 cup Red gram (Thuvaraparippu); 2 tsp Tamarind juice (Puli); 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder; 1/2 tsp Chilly powder; 2 - Water; Salt (As reqd); 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds; 2 - Red chillies (Kollamulaku); 1 - Small onions (chopped, Kunjulli); 1 sprig Curry leaves; 2 tsp Oil

Pulinkari is prepared with toor dal and any one of a variety of vegetables depending on what is seasonal. The usual veggies that are used are winter melon, unripe pappaya, cucumber (vellarikka), tomatoes, taro root and drum sticks. You can replace tamarind with mangoes as the souring agent if you are using cucumber or drumsticks. as the name implies, is a tasty and tangy curry for rice, made using Puli or tamarind with vegetables and coconut. There are a few variations of this curry. With a few ingredients, this quick dish only takes 25 minutes to prepare and has a tangy taste. You can prepare this dish on a busy day cause it wont take much of your time and serve it along with white rice, any vegetable stir fry and papad. This pulinkari is made without coconut made using lightly sweet vegetables like pumpkin, jackfruit or ashgourd.

Cuisine

Kerala

Prep Time

30 minutes

Servings

people

Ingredients

Yellow pumpkin(Mathanga) or -
Elephant yam(Chena) or -
Raw banana(Vazhakka) or -
Kumbalanga or -
Vellarikka or -
Any other similar vegetable(cut into pieces) - 2 cups
Red gram(Thuvaraparippu) - 3/4 cup
Tamarind juice(Puli) - 2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Water - 2 -
Salt(As reqd) -

For seasoning:-

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Red chillies(Kollamulaku) - 2 -
Small onions(chopped, Kunjulli) - 1 -
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Oil - 2 tsp