Comfort Food 2

In this post, i will be talking about the comfort food No.2 (according to me ofcourse!). Paruppu Usli - More kozhambu. In my mom's place, they make more kozhambu as a main dish which goes along with rice just like sambar. They make potato or chepangezhangu or Yam fry as a side dish along with papadam, for more kozhambu. They make paruppu usli once in a while as a side dish for sambar rice. I still remember my mom used to make paruppu usli for drumstick sambar.

But in my in-laws place, they have this combination of making paruppu usli and more kozhambu on the same day and they mix rice with paruppu usli, more kozhambu as side dish. After marriage, I was there with my in-laws for 10 months. When my MIL made this dish one day, I started blinking as usual and asked her why she made paruppu usli for more kozhambu. I found a logic behind her reply. As you all know, lentils are the main source of protein for vegetarians and we have to take it everyday in some form or the other. We use toor dhall for making sambar. But while making more kozhambu, we will not use lentils. In order to compensate that, she made paruppu usli, which is full of lentils. I never thought this way before. So after that, I always make paruppu Usli, whenever I make more kozhambu which happens to be one of my favorite meal (once a week).


Check out Kerala Style More kozhambu here...

This how my MIL makes more kozhambu...

Check out Beans Paruppu Usli Recipe here... Vaazhapoo Usli (banana Blossom) here... Spinach Usli here...

More koozhu and a Tag

More koozhu is my all time favorite tiffin. My patti used to make it in traditional way. But I learned this from my mother in law and made some changes using my patti's recipe. here is the recipe.

Ingredients:-

1. Rice flour - 2 cups
2. Sour buttermilk - 1 cup
3. Green chillies - 3 (acc to taste) (very finely chopped)
4. Ginger - a small piece (finely chopped)
   
5. Salt to taste
6. Oil - 2 tbsp
7. Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
8. Urad dhall - 1/2 tsp
9. Asafoetida powder - a pinch
10. Curry leaves - few
11. coconut oil - 1 tsp
    

First mix rice flour, buttermilk and salt together into a pouring consistency like dosa batter. Add water to adjust the consistency. Pre heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, when it splutters add urad dhall, asafoetida powder, curry leaves, green chillies and ginger and saute' till it becomes golden brown. Now pour the rice + buttermilk batter to it slowly and stir it continuously till the rice is fully cooked and cover it with a lid for a minute. Wash your hand with water and touch the koozhu now. It should not stick in your hands - this is the required stage for koozhu. Now take a plate, spread coconut oil in that plate with your hands, pour the koozhu and pat it with your hands. Cut it into small pieces according to your wish. Close it with a lid. After 5 mts, open the lid and serve the pieces hot. Since this koozhu has all the tastes in itself like spice, sour and salt, side dish is not required. If required serve it with coconut chutney.

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