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Milagu Kuzhambu

Posted on Aug 29th, 2015
by Sowmya Venkatachalam
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3.75 from 48 votes
Milagu Kuzhambu is one of the traditional kuzhambu made using Black Pepper and other few ingredients. It has a dominant flavor of pepper and often considered very good for rainy season and to combat cold. Very easy to make and usually has longer shelf life compared to other kuzhambu varieties.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
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Milagu Kuzhambu is a traditional kuzhambu. It’s a tamarind based kuzhambu spiced with pepper corns usually made without any onion or garlic.  It’s considered as a remedy to cold / when under the weather.  I can’t think of any other kuzhambu other than Milagu kuzhmbu during the raining day!. Its a spicy-tangy one. White rice with a tea spoon of ghee / Gingelly oil, Paruppu thugayal, jeera rasam and a sutra appalam is a perfect meal on the winter days. I usually make it in thick consistency which we can further store it in fridge and use upto 2 weeks.

You can also try:

  1. Vathauzhambu
  2. Karivepillai Kuzhambu
  3. Vendhaya Kuzhambu
  4. Arachivita Sambar
  5. Thengai araitha kuzhambu

Recipe card to make Milagu Kuzhambu

Milagu Kuzhambu | Pepper Kuzhambu
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Milagu Kuzhambu | Pepper Kuzhambu | No Onion No Garlic Milagu Kuzhambu

Course: Kuzhambu
Cuisine: Indian, South Indian, Tamil Brahmin, Tamil Nadu
Equipments Needed
  • Mixer Grinder
  • Heavy Bottomed Pan
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 91kcal
Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam
Milagu Kuzhambu is one of the traditional kuzhambu made using Black Pepper and other few ingredients. It has a dominant flavor of pepper and often considered very good for rainy season and to combat cold. Very easy to make and usually has longer shelf life compared to other kuzhambu varieties.
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Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 big lemon size Tamarind (or) 3 tbsp Tamarind Concentrate
  • 1 tsp Jaggery
  • 1.5 tsp Salt adjust to your taste
  • 1 tbsp Gingelly Oil (or other cooking oil)

For making Pepper masala paste

  • 4 nos Red Chili
  • 1½ tsp Peppercorns
  • 2 tsp Split Bengal Gram (Channa Dal / Kadalaparuppu)
  • 2 tsp Urad Dal
  • 2 tsp Coriander seeds
  • 1 pinch Asafoetida (Asafetida / Hing)
  • 1 sprig Curry leaves

For Tempering

  • 1 tsp Gingelly Oil or other cooking oil
  • 1 tsp Mustard seeds
  • few Curry leaves
  • 1 pinch Asafoetida (Asafetida / Hing)

Instructions 

Preparation

  • Soak Tamarind in one cup of warm water and extract the juice and set aside.

Making of Pepper Masala Paste

  • Heat the pan and add 1/2 teaspoon of oil and fry the red chillis first. When the colour of the red chilli changed to light brown, add peppercorns, urud dal, channa dal, coriander seeds and hing and fry on medium heat. 
  • Add the curry leaves at the final stage and fry once and take them into a mixer.
  • Add little water (may be 1/4 cup first) and grind it to a fine paste. If required add more water while grinding. But make sure that you don’t add too much water and make the ground paste too watery.  The paste should be absolutely fine.

Start making the Kuzhambu

  • Heat the pan and add 1 table spoon of Oil. Once the oil get heat, add the mustard seeds. On sputtering add the curry leaves & a pinch of hing. 
  • Add the Tamarind extract juice along with salt and allow it to boil for 5 minutes so that the raw smell of the tamarind goes off. 
  • Add the ground paste and stir well to make sure that the paste mixes well in the kuzhambu mixture and there are no lumps formed from the paste. Also add the jaggery. Keep the flame low and allow the kuzhambu to boil in low flame for atleast 10 minutes. 
  • When the kuzhambu comes to a thick consistency, remove from flame.  We can store it in the fridge and use it for upto 2 weeks.
  • Serve this with white rice and a spoon of Gingelly oil with Appalam.

Video

Notes

  • Sesame oil is well suited for making this kuzhambu. If you don't get Sesame oil, then you can use any other cooking oil 
  • I made this as 'No Onion No Garlic' Kuzhambu. If you wish you can also add shallots and Garlic as well.  Before adding the tamarind past, add the onion / garlic and fry them till its cooked. 
  • This will be a spicy kuzhambu. Adjust the pepper / red chili based on your liking. 
  • To make milagu kuzhambu travel friendly as a paste, add the tamarind to the grinding ingredients and grind it to a thick paste by adding 1 cup of water. Then cook the tamarind-spice paste in low flame and allow the quantity to further reduce to half of its quantity. This simple way, makes the kuzhambu a thick paste and hence it has a long shelf life.

Nutritional Info

Nutrition Facts
Milagu Kuzhambu | Pepper Kuzhambu | No Onion No Garlic Milagu Kuzhambu
Amount Per Serving (1 cup)
Calories 91 Calories from Fat 36
% Daily Value*
Fat 4g6%
Sodium 44mg2%
Potassium 325mg9%
Carbohydrates 16g5%
Protein 3g6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Method with step by step pictures 

  • Soak Tamarind in one cup of water and extract the juice and set aside.
  • Heat the pan and add 1/2 teaspoon of oil and fry the red chillis first. When the colour of the red chilli changed to light brown, add peppercorns, urud dal, channa dal, coriander seeds and hing and fry on medium heat. Add the curry leaves at the final stage and fry once and take them into a mixer.

 

  • Add little water (may be 1/2 cup first) and grind it to a fine paste. If required add more water while grinding. But make sure that you don’t add too much water and make the ground paste too watery. Heat the pan and add 1 table spoon of Oil. Once the oil get heat, add the mustard seeds. On sputtering add the curry leaves & a pinch of hing.

 

  • Add the Tamarind extract juice along with salt and allow it to boil for 5 minutes to so that the raw smell of the tamarind goes off. Then ground paste and stir well and keep the flame low and allow the kuzhambu to boil in low flame for atleast 10 minutes.
  • When the kuzhambu comes to a thick consistency, remove from flame. I would prefer to have it as thick, as i can store it in fridge and consume upto 2 weeks.
  • Serve this with white rice and a spoon of Gingelly oil with Appalam.
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Aarthi says:
January 19, 2012 at 5:58 pm

Totally YUMMY

Aarthi
http://yummytummy-aarthi.blogspot.com/

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vidya. says:
January 21, 2012 at 1:15 pm

parthale nalla irrukku. yummy! it is so cold today and i am going to try this kuzhambu. thanks for the recipe.

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Aruna says:
January 21, 2012 at 3:58 pm

Thanks for the recipe! Since i didn't have the coarse tamarind, i substituted it with 2 tsp of tamarind paste but followed the rest of the recipe the way you have shared. It's come out really great and we can't wait to have it for lunch today. It's a big SNOW day here and there can't be a more perfect meal. Lemme go make some appalams to go with that! Thanks again.

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VKS says:
July 11, 2012 at 1:07 pm

It is a very good site and I like the pictures of all the stuff, looks very authentic. I can see you are a very good cook and a wellwisher!

I grind all the ingredients along with the tamarind and that way it cooks faster and tastes the same???

Eat it with sutta appalam (microwave for 30sec).

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Anonymous says:
November 7, 2012 at 8:35 am

Very yummmm. I had cold and it's very good taste when we have tasteless tongue

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Subha Vivek says:
November 8, 2012 at 4:59 am

Hello mami i followed ur recipe and my milagu kuzhambu came out very well and everybody had praises for me. Thanks n credit goes to you.

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Anonymous says:
September 16, 2013 at 11:13 pm

Totally awesome recipe. My husband loved it very much. Thanks for sharing.

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Anonymous says:
July 15, 2015 at 5:36 pm

Thanks for this and other recipes. Your recipes are the closest to my amma's recipe.

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Anonymous says:
August 31, 2015 at 9:26 pm

When are you going to add Jaggery? It is in the list above but not in the procedure anywhere.

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subbuskitchen says:
September 1, 2015 at 7:36 pm

Hi, we need to add jaggery after the kuzhambu is boiled nicely and becomes thick. I forgot to add it in steps.

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Anonyomous says:
January 6, 2018 at 8:47 pm

Wonderful recipes and very well maintained blog. I love your recipes! Thank you so much for sharing them.

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Sowmya Venkatachalam says:
January 6, 2018 at 9:53 pm

Thanks for the compliments.

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Vaidehi says:
July 28, 2019 at 7:47 am

Fantastic recipe

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Sowmya Venkatachalam says:
July 28, 2019 at 6:26 pm

Thank You

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Maithrayeni Narasimhan says:
October 31, 2019 at 7:59 am

4 stars
Tried this recipe and came out well. My lo tasted and finished his food soon. Thanks for the recipe mam

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Sowmya Venkatachalam says:
October 31, 2019 at 8:52 am

Thanks for the feedback

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Aishwarya says:
February 15, 2020 at 10:04 am

Hi. I tried this recipe and the consistency is a little too thick. How do I thin this down? Or should I not? 🙂

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Sowmya Venkatachalam says:
February 17, 2020 at 5:08 am

Usually lilac kuzhambu will be little thicker. But we can add water and adjust the consistency.

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Jayshreenarayan says:
March 30, 2020 at 10:41 am

This is not the right kind . Actually don’t use chana dal, udid dal, red chillies. Only maximum pepper corns, and lots of curry leaves to grind .

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N Srinivasan says:
June 16, 2020 at 5:44 pm

5 stars
Excellent!!

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Sowmya Venkatachalam says:
June 16, 2020 at 10:02 pm

Thank you Sir

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Divya says:
October 29, 2020 at 4:56 pm

I tried this kuzhambu today. It was EXCELLENT. As some of them mentioned, it was thick but I added more water. I also added fenugreek seeds during tempering. Thanks for the detailed instructions.

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Sowmya Venkatachalam says:
October 29, 2020 at 8:50 pm

So glad to know Divya. Thank you so much

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Lakshmi says:
November 16, 2020 at 1:01 pm

Thanks for 5he recipe. Waiting for this , will try today.

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Sowmya Venkatachalam says:
November 16, 2020 at 10:08 pm

Glad! Please try and share your comments!

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