Name: Pulinkari
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
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

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.

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Kerala

Servings 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

For seasoning:-

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

Instructions

Pressure cook red gram or dal along with water and salt.
Add vegetable pieces into it along with turmeric powder and chilly powder.
Cook, till it is half done.
Add tamarind water and cook for a few more mins.
Heat oil in a pan or a kadai.
Add mustard seeds and when they start to splutter, add red chillies, small onions and curry leaves.
Pour this seasoning into the curry.

Notes

You can explore this dish Kumbalanga Pulinkari
You can also visit Velam Puli Achar

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Response (4)

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Vijaya December 6, 2005

hi .ur recipe is good short cut if one is too tired.
my mother in law also adds onion and red chilles
(fried)paste to this for added flavour.

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geethu August 5, 2008

i like this recipie.its very easy and equally delicious

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neena rajesh February 9, 2006

hi..ur recipe is very gud..thank u for sharing with us..

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Dhanalakshmi December 5, 2006

I tried the recipe and thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks.

5 from 4 votes (4 ratings without comment)

Pulinkari