Pulissery

Kalan/Moru Curry/Butter Milk Curry/Mor Kolambu/Majjige Huli/Kadi

Pulissery is an very prominent dish in Onam Sadya. Traditional spices are cooked along with curd to give a tangy-spicy gravy. This is served along with the hot rice. Here i have used Ash gourd to Pulissery you can also use vegetables like Bottle Gourd, Cucumber, Bhendi, Ridge Gourd or even Black Channa. If you'll add fried pakodas to this it will become Kadi-Pakora.

Ingredients: 1cup beaten curd/butter Milk

                   3/4cup chopped ash gourd

                   1tbsp grated coconut

                   1tbsp soaked channa dal

                   1tbsp soaked rice

                   3 green chilies

                   1tsp cumin seeds

                   1' chopped ginger

                   2tsp oil

                   1tsp mustard seeds

                   1tbsp curry leaves

                   3 red chilies

                   1/4tsp turmeric powder

                   a pinch of asafoetida

                   salt to taste

Method: 1)Keep little water for boiling in a vessel, add ash gourd and cook till its half cooked.

              2)Grind together coconut, channa dal, green chilies, rice, ginger, and turmeric powder to a 

                  smooth paste. Add this mixture to the ash gourd water and continue cooking till the ash 

                  gourd is cooked completely. 

              3)For tempering heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and when they splutter add curry leaves, 

                 asafoetida, red chilies and after 30secs put off the flame.

              4)Add beaten curd, salt and tempering to the ash gourd mixture and  cook for 2mins.

See Also: Small Onion Kulambu