Recipe for sundakkai vatha kuzhambu. Spicy Tamil style vathal kuzhambu / kara kuzhambu recipe made without coconut. A popular side dish for lunch in Tamilnadu. Take a pan and add in three tablespoon of oil. Add in the sundakkai and saute on a low flame for a minute. The berries will puff up and start to change colour.
Vatha Kuzhambu has the balanced mix of tangy, spice and sweetness. Serve the delicious Vatha Kuzhambu with hot steaming rice along with a teaspoon of sesame oil or ghee and enjoy the traditional Kuzhambu. Pour 3 teaspoon of oil in the pan and add the sundakai vathal (or manathakkali vathal).
Pour 3 teaspoon of oil in the pan and add the sundakai vathal (or manathakkali vathal). Fry the vathal in medium flame till it becomes dark brown. Take the fried vathal aside. Pour a teaspoon of oil in the pan. Fry the pepper, red chillies, urdhal, curryleaves and hing and grind it into a paste in a mixer.
When having manathakkali kulambu with steamed rice, you do get a bite of the softened berries with a hints of saltiness, sourness and slight bitterness in them. Apart from manathakkali kuzhambu recipe, I also use the same recipe and make it with sun dried turkey berries (sundakkai). At times I also add pearl onions (sambar onions) and garlic.