This traditional south Indian  Appalam/ Pappad kuzhambu is tangy spicy and sweet. When you don’t have any vegetables at home this curry will comes handy.

It is all most similar to vetha kuzhambu. Appala kuzhambu goes well with hot rice and very easy to make with very little ingredients  No need of onions and garlic to make this curry.

let us see how to make this.

Preparation time approx 20 minutes

Ingredients

6. Urad Appalam or pappad

1. cup medium thick tamarind water

3. tbsp Sam bar powder

1 1/2. tsp rice flour

Hand full of gooseberry vathal. ( available in grocery shops)

Red Chilli powder to adjust spice level

1. heaped tsp jaggery powder

Salt to taste.

1/2. tsp turmeric powder

5. tbsp thil oil. ( tastes good only with thil oil)

1. tsp mustard seeds

1. tsp  methi seeds

Small piece stone asafoetida or power

Few curry leaves.

Method

In a heavy bottom pan add thil oil. Once it is hot break the appalams and deep fry. Keep aside.

In the same oil add mustard seeds. When it start crackling add gooseberry vathal and hing. Fry it.

Then add methi seeds and fry till it turns brown. Add curry leaves.

Now add tamarind water. Add salt and turmeric powder. Add salt to salt. Let it boil. Add little water to rice flour make a liquid and add to curry.

Add jaggery.

Take sambar powder add little water and make paste.

If you are adding sambar powder like this  lumps will not form.

Add water to adjust consistency. Once it started boiling add fried Pappad. Boil and switch off the stove.