Paruppu Urundai Kuzhambu Recipe

Paruppu urundai kulambu is one of my all time favourite. Mom makes this often, atleast once a week. It is her signature recipe and it is pretty easy to make. This is a combination of coconut and green gram dal. You can make this with yellow moong dal instead of green gram dal too..

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

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Preparation Time : 10 mins

Cooking Time : 25 to 30 mins

Serves: 4 to 6

Ingredients:

For Dumplings:

Roasted Green gram - 1 cup

Coconut - 1/4 cup

Garlic - 4 cloves

Dry Red Chilli - 1

Salt to taste

For Gravy:

Coconut - 1 cup

Dry Red Chilli - 2

Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp

Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Water as needed

Salt to taste

For Seasoning:

Oil - 1 tsp

Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp

Curry leaves - 1 sprig

Method:

Wash roasted gram dal well in water. Take all the ingredient given for dumplings in a blender and add little water and puree till smooth.Make small balls out of it and put it in a plate and set aside.

Now take all ingredients given for gravy to a smooth paste. Set aside.

Heat oil in a pan, add in mustard seeds and curry leaves and let them splatter.

Now add in the coconut masala and pour in water. The gravy should be on thinner side.

Now add salt to taste and mix well. Bring this to a boil.

Once it boils, add in the balls one by one. Don’t add it fast, leave few seconds between each addition.

Now simmer the pan and cook for 6 to 8 mins.

Now the gravy is done.

Serve with rice.

NOTES:

1)Make the gravy little thinner side. So the dumplings cooks when added into the gravy.

2)Add the dumplings slowly into the gravy, leave few seconds between each addition.

3)Don’t stir the gravy as soon as the dumplings is added, else it will melt off.