Daalimbe (Pomegrenate) Thambuli - Udupi Recipe

Pomegranate/Daalimbe (ದಾಳಿಂಬೆ in Kannada, மாதுளம் பழம் in Tamil, अनार in Hindi) fruit has got medicinal properties. It has got blood purifying qualities and helps people with arthritis.

Every part of this plant is used in ayurvedic medicine - roots, leaves, seeds, skin of the fruit, etc. Normally we take this fruit in juice form. Try this thambuli with daalimbe/pomegranate skin:

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup Skin of daalimbe fruit - chopped
• 1/2 tsp. Cumin(Jeera) seeds
• 2-3 Green chilli
• 1/2 tsp. Ghee
• 1/2 cup Grated coconut
• 1/2 cup Curd
• Salt to taste

Garnish:

• 1/2 tsp. Coconut oil
• 1/2 tsp. Mustard
• Curry leaves (optional)

Method:

Fry the daalimbe peels, jeera and green chilli in ghee till the peel shrinks a bit. Grind this with coconut, in a mixer with some water (drinking water is better because we are not going to boil it again). After it becomes soft, add the curd and grind for a second. Pour in a vessel and add water till the thambuli is of dosa batter consistency. Garnish.

If you feel the thambuli is a bit bitter in taste, add 1/2 tsp. sugar and mix. Serve with rice or chapaathis.

Neerulli (Onion) Thambuli (Udupi Recipe)

Neerulli (ನೀರುಳ್ಳಿ - in Kannada, வெங்காயம் in Tamil) thambuli is very tasty and can be had with plain rice or fried rice also and with chapaathis! Now, the recipe:

Ingredients:

• 2 Medium sized onions chopped,
• 2-3 Green chilli
• 1/2 cup Grated Coconut
• 1/2 cup Curd
• 1/2 tsp. refined oil or ghee
• Salt, as per taste

Garnish:

• 1/2 tsp. Mustard
• 1/2 tsp. Coconut oil
• Curry leaves

Method:

Fry the onion and green chilli in ghee or oil for a few minutes or till the onion is transparent. Grind with coconut and a little water, in a mixer till it is soft and add the curd and grind for a second. Pour in a vessel and add enough water to bring it to the dosa batter consistency. Or a bit more watery, if you feel so. Garnish and your onion thambuli is ready to serve.

Your comments are welcome!

Southekai Thambuli - Udupi Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1/2 Southekai,
• 1-2 Green Chillies,
• 1/2 tsp. Cumin/jeera seeds,
• 3/4 cup Grated Coconut,
• 1/2 cup curd,
• Salt as per your taste.
• 4-5 cups of water

Garnish:

• 1/2 tsp. Mustard,
• 2 Sprigs Curry leaves,
• 1 tsp. Coconut oil.

Remove the skin from southekai and cut into pieces after removing the seeds. Cook with green chilli and a pinch of sugar, in 2 cups of water. When cools down, grind this with coconut in a mixer. Add curd in the last round. Pour in a vessel and garnish. The consistency should be like dosa batter.

Second method:

You can make thambuli with just the soft part, after removing the seeds. No cooking, just grind everything like the earlier recipe and garnish. The hard part can be used for saambaar or majjige huli (ಮಜ್ಜಿಗೆ ಹುಳಿ)/more kuzhambu (மோர் குழம்பு)!

Kaake soppu (Wonderberry) Thambuli - Udupi recipe

Kaake soppu (kaake soppu in Kannada - ಕಾಕೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು,, manaththakkali keerai in tamil - மணத்தக்காளி கீரை) is mostly taken in leaf or seed form when we have ulcers in our mouth. Any type of greens is good for health. Now kaake soppu thambuli recipe:

Ingredients:

• 1- 1 1/2 cups kaake soppu (just leaves)
• 2-3 Green Chillli
• 1/2 cup Coconut
• 1/2 cup Curd
• 1/2 tsp. Ghee
• Salt to taste
• A pinch of sugar

Garnish:

• 1/2 tsp. Mustard
• 1/2 tsp. Coconut oil

Method:

Fry the leaves and green chilli for 2 mts. in ghee and a pinch of sugar. When it is cool, grind this and coconut with some water in a mixer. Add salt and curd and grind for a second. Pour in a vessel. Add water till it is like dosa batter or a bit more watery if you like. Garnish. Your kaakesoppu thambuli is ready.

Have it with rice or chapaathis. We call it as Green thambuli also!

Shunti (Ginger) thambuli - Udupi Recipe

This thambuli will be tasty when we have slight indigestion or when we feel sick. The aroma of ginger (shunti in Kannada - ಶುಂಠಿ , Inji in Tamil - இஞ்சி)makes us feel hungry! I love the flavour of ginger, coriander and curry leaves. Now to Ginger Thambuli:

Ingredients:

• 1" piece Chopped Ginger
• 1-2 Green Chilli
• 1/2 cup Coconut
• 1/2 cup Curd
• Salt as per your taste

Garnish:

• 1/2 tsp. Mustard
• 1/2 tsp. Coconut oil
• Curry leaves

Method:

Grind ginger, chilli and coconut with 1/4 cup water nicely in a mixer. Add curd and grind for a second. Pour in a vessel and add salt. Add water till the thambuli is like dosa batter or a bit more watery, if you like. Garnish. Shunti thambuli is ready.

Serve with Rice or Chapaathis. Tell me whether you liked it, right?

Menthe (Fenugreek /Methi) Thambuli

Today I will write about menthe (ಮೆಂತೆ) thambuli. Fenugreek thambuli. These seeds are very very good for our health. So we use them often in our recipes. Now, try this one:

Ingredients:

• 3/4 tsp. Fenugreek/methi seeds
• 1 Green chilli or 2 red chilli
• 1/2 cup Grated coconut
• 1/2 cup Curd
• Salt to your taste

Garnish:

• 1/2 tsp. Coconut oil
• 1/2 tsp. Mustard
• curry leaves

Method:

Dry roast fenugreek seeds in a kadai. Grind it with all the other ingredients. Grind with the curd, which is important. Otherwise the taste will change. Pour in a vessel and add water till it is of dosa batter consistency. Garnish.

Fenugreek/methi (வெந்தயம்) helps to digest food. Good for diabetics if taken in powder form in the morning - 1/2 tsp. with water or soak 1/2 tsp. methi in water, the night before and drink it, first thing in the morning. 1/2 tsp. seeds with buttermilk will contain diarrhoea. We garnish methi for saambaar and vaththal kuzhambu (வத்தல் குழம்பு)etc. It helps hair growth also. So use this seed in your cooking, wherever possible!

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Koththambari soppu (coriander leaves) Thambuli

This recipe is too easy!

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup Chopped coriander leaves
• 1-2 Green chilli
• 1/2 tsp. Cumin/jeera seeds
• 1/4 cup Grated coconut
• 1/4 - 1/2 cup Curd
• Salt to taste

Garnish:

• 1/2 tsp. Mustard
• 1/2 tsp. Coconut oil
  

Method:

Grind all the ingredients raw in a mixer with little water, first. Then add curd. Grind it for a second for blending everything. Pour in a vessel. Add water till thambuli is in dosa batter consistency. Garnish!

Ready to serve and goes well with rice or chapaathis.

Recipe - Thambuli, various types.

I am from Udupi, Karnataka. Nowadays, we get all types of vegetables almost throughout the year. It was not like that in my grandma's days. During the monsoon season, it rained heavily, as if the sky opened up and poured water on us. We could not get out of the house often to buy vegetables and other things. I remember, our house had beams on the ceiling, inside our dining and Pooja rooms. Vegetables like southekai (yellow cucumber/ಸೌತೆಕಾಯಿ), raw banana (ಬಾಳೆಕಾಯಿ), onions in bunches, used to hang from the ropes - the southekai was tied in banana stems (ಬಾಳೆ ನಾರು) and tied to the beam, to hold them for months together. We use all parts of southekai - the skin and seeds also, in our recipes. Likewise, different ingredients, available in the kitchen, are used to make different types of thambuli, gojju(ಗೊಜ್ಜು)/chutney etc. And coconut tree will be there in each and every house! So, we use coconut, butter milk, curd etc. in a number of recipes. Grandma cooked, for months together, without going out for shopping for vegetables! Imagine us, cooking without fresh vegetables now!

Let me give you the recipes of different types of thambuli first. We can mix this with rice and eat. It will be tasty with chapaathis also. Please try them and let me know if you liked it!

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Patlukai Thambuli - Udupi recipe!

Patlukaai (ಪಟ್ಲುಕಾಯಿ)in Kannada and Pudalangaai (புடலங்காய்)in Tamil, thambuli is my son's favorite thambuli! This will taste a bit like our morekuzhambu (மோர்குழம்பு). We can have it with rice, chapaathis, dosai, adai etc. This is very easy to prepare. Now, the recipe:

Ingredients:

• 1 Snakegourd (around 200 gms.)
• 2-3 Green chillies
• 1/2 Cup grated coconut
• 1/2 Cup normal curd (not sour curd)
• Salt as per taste.

For garnishing:

• 1 Tsp. Coconut oil
• 1/2 Tsp. Mustard
• Curry leaves

Method:

Cut the snake gourd into 2-3 pieces and pressure cook or cook directly till it is soft, with the green chillies and salt, in a cup of water. Let it cool. Grind it in a mixer (blender) with coconut. After it is soft, add curd. Blend for a second. Pour in a vessel. Add water till it is like dosa batter. If you want it still watery, you can add more water! Garnish! Finished!

Gobi Manchurian!

We did cauliflower manchurian for the evening snack today. Actually, my husband is the expert in preparing new dishes! And my son loves it! Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

• 1 - 1/2 cups cauliflower- cut into small florets, (microwaved for 3 mts., if you have the oven - optional)

For the Batter:

• Maida - 1-1/4 cup
• Rice flour - 2 tbs.
• Cornflour - 2 tbsp.
• Green chilli, ginger, garlic paste - 1/2 tsp.
• Salt - 1/2 tsp. or according to your taste
• Optional: Orange food colour and a pinch of Ajino Moto

For the sauce:

• Oil - 2 tbsp.
• Tomato sauce - 4 tbsp.
• Soya sauce - 1/2 tbsp.
• Chilli powder - 1 tsp.
• Corn flour - 1 tbsp.
• Green chilli, ginger, garlic paste - 1 tsp.
• (If you have only ginger garlic paste, add some cut green chilli pieces)
• Garlic chopped - 1 tbsp.
• Ginger chopped - 1 tbsp.
• Green chillies chopped, if you need it hot
• Spring onions chopped - 3 tbsp.
• One small onion, chopped
• Salt - 1/2 tsp.

• Oil for deep frying.

Method:

Mix the ingredients for the batter with 1-1/4 cup of water - or like bajji batter. If you like kadak (hard) cauliflower manchurian, add rice flour, otherwise leave it. Dip the cauliflower in the batter and deep fry in medium flame till crisp and golden in colour. Keep aside.

Heat 1 tbsp. of oil in a pan, add all the chopped ingredients and fry for a second and keep it in a plate. Heat the remaining oil, add the ginger garlic paste, tomato sauce, chilli powder and salt. Fry a bit, add soya sauce and 1 tbsp. cornflour mixed in 1 cup of water. Simmer till slightly thick. Add the fried cauliflower pieces and the chopped ingredients, toss till the flowers(fritters) are well coated with the sauce and serve hot - immediately. Decorate with half fried onion pieces and chopped coriander leaves!

The cauliflower should be fried just before serving or they will lose their crispness. At home I fry the cauliflower on one side and my husband prepares the sauce on the other burner! We love to serve my son and my GRAND nieces Ashwini and Aishwarya who love manchurian!

Now, all of you try this and tell me if it is as tasty as you get in the restaurants! If you feed me back your comments, I will be very happy. Enjoy!