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Morukutaan
With Rice
Mor Kuzhambu - a Tamil buttermilk curry with ash gourd.
Ash gourd or yam cooked soft with a coconut-chilli paste, finished with buttermilk and mustard-methi seasoning.
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AMMAMMA'S NOTES.
Ash gourd (or yam/cucumber)
2 cups
Methi seed
1/4 spoon
Green chilly
3-4
Buttermilk
1 cup
Oil
2 spoon
Mustard
1 spoon
Red chilly
1
Curry leaves
few
Coconut (grated)
1/4 cup
Salt
to taste
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In a bowl, put the cut ash gourd, a little water, and turmeric; cook in low fire.
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When it is cooked and soft, add salt.
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In a mixie, grind coconut and green chilly to a paste with a little water.
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Add the ground masala to the ash gourd mixture; put on the stove and let it boil for a minute.
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Add buttermilk and switch off the stove.
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In a pan, add oil; when hot, add mustard and methi, and when it splutters, add curry leaves and pour into the kuzhambu.
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A DISH THAT HAS GROWN TO BE MY COMFORT FOOD — I MISS IT WITH ALL MY HEART WHILE I'M AWAY. SHE MADE IT SO WELL THE CURD WOULDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT CURDLING; SHE KNEW EXACTLY HOW TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. SHE HONESTLY JUST ALWAYS DEFIED THE LAWS OF NATURE WITH HER COOKING.
YAMINI VENKATESAN
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