Dried Bean Kulambu

Ingredients

a small cup of dried bean

1 big onion or 1/4 kg small onions

2 tomatoes

tamarind (finger sized piece)

10 peeled garlic pods

pinch of asafoetida

1 teaspoon black mustard seed

1 teaspoon fenugreek

1 teaspoon cumin seeds

1 teaspoon turmeric powder

2 teaspoons of chilli powder

2 teaspoons of cumin powder

5 teaspoons of oil

salt as per requirement

Prerequisites

• Soak dried bean in water and leave it aside for minimum of 9 hours.So better leave it in a bowl with water during the night hours.So that you can use it for cooking the next day.

  

• Chop the onion into fine pieces.Peel the skin of garlic pods.Do not cut the garlic pods.

 

• Cut the tomatoes.

• Place tamarind in a separate bowl and add water to it.Let tamarind remain soaked in water for 1/2  an hour.

Preparation of dried bean kulambu

• First cook the dried bean separately.For this take the cooker and place it on the stove.Add dried bean along with water to the cooker.Cook in medium flame for 15 minutes.The bean though not fully cooked, will almost be cooked.It is enough to cook to an extent that, the bean can be bitten by our teeth.Do not overcook it.This is because while making kulambu again we cook beans with other ingredients.Now keep the cooked beans aside in a bowl.Do not drain the water.

 

 

 

 

     

 

• Now place the cooker on the stove.
• Add 5 teaspoons oil to it.
• Add 1 teaspoon black mustard seed, 1 teaspoon fenugreek, 1 teaspoon cumin seed and a pinch of asafoetida to the oil.
• When mustard seeds start bursting and cumin seeds turn dark brown, add the chopped onions and garlic pods to the oil.
• Let onions fry for few minutes.
• Now add the cut tomatoes to it.
• Stir the mixture well, so that everything gets properly blended.Let the onions and tomatoes fry together for few more minutes.Meanwhile you will find that the tomatoes lets out its juice.
• Now to this add the cooked beans with water(The water is the one we used to cook the beans and have not drained it off).
• Add 1 teaspoon turmeric powder, 2 teaspoons of chilli powder, 2 teaspoons of cumin powder and salt as per the requirement.
• At the end, squeeze the tamarind properly in water and add that tamarind essenced water also to the cooker.
• Now close the cooker and cook the kulambu in mild flame for 10 minutes.

 

• If the kulambu is watery, heat it for few minutes to get the right consistency.

Dried Bean Kulambu is one among my favorite kulambus.Have it with rice for lunch.

Try Dried Bean Kulambu with this recipe.Its for sure you will enjoy your lunch.