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Pulissery | Nanjil Nadu style Mor Kuzhambu

Pulissery is a Nanjil Nadu style Mor Kuzhambu with buttermilk, ground coconut and spices. Ash gourd / mango / pine-apple / ladys finger can be added in this kuzhambu. This goes will with white rice. We also serve this as an accompaniment to Sevai (Rice noodles)
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: All Recipes, Kuzhambu
Cuisine: Kerala, Tamilnadu
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 24kcal
Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam

Equipment

  • 1 Mixer Grinder
  • 1 Heavy Bottomed Pan

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Curd (Yogurt) 1 cup - 250 ml
  • 1 cup Water
  • teaspoon Salt adjust to your taste

For Grinding

  • 1 cup Grated Coconut
  • 2 nos Red Chili
  • 2 nos Green Chilli
  • 1 tablespoon Raw Rice

For Seasoning

  • 1 tablespoon Oil
  • 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
  • ¼ teaspoon Fenugreek seeds
  • 1 sprig Curry Leaves

Instructions

  • Soak the Raw Rice for 10 minutes
    1 tbsp Raw Rice

Prepare Buttermilk

  • Meanwhile take sour curd in a vessel. Add little water and whisk well to make it to a thick buttermilk and set it aside.
    1 cup Curd (Yogurt), 1 cup Water
  • In a Mixer, take the grated coconut, Red chilies, Green chilies, soaked raw rice and grind them to a fine paste. Add little water to make fine paste. Don't add too much of water and make it watery.
    1 cup Grated Coconut, 2 nos Red Chili, 2 nos Green Chilli, 1 tbsp Raw Rice
  • Add salt to buttermilk along with ground paste and stir well. Keep the buttermilk mixture in flame till you get a frothy layer formed on top of the kuzhambu. Switch off the flame. Don't let it boil. We usually don't let the buttermilk to boil.
    1½ tsp Salt

Let's do the tempering

  • In a separate pan add the oil and when the oil is hot add the mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds begins to sputter add the fenugreek seeds and fry it until it becomes red color and then add curry leaves. Add these to Pulisseri
    1 tbsp Oil, 1 tsp Mustard Seeds, ¼ tsp Fenugreek seeds, 1 sprig Curry Leaves

Optional - Add fried lady's fingers

  • You can also fry ½ cup of lady's finger till they are tender and add it to pulissery

Ready for Serving !

  • Pulissery (Mor Kuzhambu) is ready to serve !

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Nutrition

Serving: 1Servings | Calories: 24kcal | Fat: 9g