Chettinad Mochai Kara Kuzhambu Recipe - Mochai Kottai Kuzhambu Recipe (2024)

Published: Jan 3, 2018 | Last Updated On: Nov 20, 2020 by Aarthi

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Chettinad Mochai Kara Kuzhambu Recipe - Mochai Kottai Kuzhambu Recipe with step wise pictures.

Chettinad style mochai kara kuzhambu goes great with plain rice and any poriyal or just with some papad. Super delicious kuzhambu.

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https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2017/12/chicken-kuzhambu-recipe.html

This is a easy recipe to make, and as usual kulambu taste best with rice. You can have it with idli or dosa as well. I have shared a kara kuzhambu recipe which is quite popular. This is another favorite recipe of mine. It is quite easy to make and taste so delicious too.

Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2012/11/kara-kulambu-brinjal-drumsticks-cooked.html

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2.Mochai Kara Kuzhambu Recipe

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Mochai Kara Kuzhambu Recipe

Chettinad style mochai kara kuzhambu goes great with plain rice and any poriyal or just with some papad. Super delicious kuzhambu.

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Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour

Servings: 6 servings

Author: Aarthi

Ingredients

▢ Mochai - 2 cups
▢ Oil - ¼ cup
▢ Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
▢ Urad dal / Ulundu paruppu - 1 tsp
▢ Curry leaves - a handful
▢ Onion - 1 chopped
▢ Garlic - 6 cloves peeled
▢ Tomato - 1 chopped
▢ Chilli Powder - 1 tblsp
▢ Coriander Powder - 3 tblsp
▢ Turmeric Powder -1 tsp
▢ Tamarind - 1 small lime size
▢ Water as needed
▢ Salt to taste
▢ Sugar or Jaggery to taste

For Roasting & Grinding:

▢ Fennel Seeds / Saunf / Sombu - 2 tsp
▢ Gingelly Oil - 2 tblsp
▢ Onion - 1 chopped
▢ Tomato - 1 chopped
▢ Garlic - 4
▢ Coconut - ½ cup grated

Instructions

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Soak mochai overnight. Take it in a cooker, add salt and water. Pressure cook for 6 whistle, simmer the flame and cook for 15 mins. Turn off the heat and let the steam go by itself. Set aside.
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Heat oil in a pan. Add fennel seeds and let it sizzle. Add onions, garlic and tomatoes. Saute for 2 mins. Add coconut and stir fry for 3 to 4 mins. Take it off the heat and puree till smooth.
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Heat oil in the same pan, Add in mustar, urad dal and curry leaves. Let them sizzle.
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Add onions, garlic, tomatoes and cook till soft.
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Add spice powders, salt and mix well.
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Add in tamarind water, water, ground masala, salt and sugar. Bring it to a boil, simmer for 15 to 20 mins till oil floats on top.
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Serve.

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Pictorial:

1)Soak mochai overnight in water. Soak it and take it in a pressure cooker.

2)Add salt.

3)Add water

4)Cover and pressure cook for 6 whistle. Then simmer for 15 mins. Turn off the flame and check whether it is done or not. set this aside.

5)In a pan heat some oil.crackle in some fennel seeds

6)Add in onions, garlic and tomatoes

7)Saute them for a min.

8)Add coconut

9)Mix well. Stir fry for 1 to 2 mins.

10)Take it in a blender

11)Puree till smooth.

12)Heat some more gingelly oil in a pan, add mustard and urad dal.

13)Add in curry leaves

14)Add onions, garlic and tomatoes

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Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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Bharat kripal
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What is mocha in Hindi
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- Aarthi
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  It is called as vaal beans
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Prabha
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Can we use fresh green mochai
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- Aarthi
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  yes u can
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Kayal
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Dear arthi, Would like to know how much is lime sized tamarind in weighing scale grams ?
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Pats
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Was having mochai and was not knowing what to do with it😂.. Ur blog will give solutions to many people like me. Thank u so much for the recipe.. Will try it out and let u know soon.
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Ganesh Krupa Daamodaran
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Wow, absolutely loved the out come of the recipe. Felt like home after eating with rice and appalam. Thank you.
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Madhuram Prabhakar
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Very good recipe. I made it today and everyone loved it. Just one correction, I think adding the cooked mochchai paruppu has been missed by accident in the recipe procedure. I scrolled down the photos to see when you have added it.
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Bhaskar
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Thank You for a wonderful recipe
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