Omam Thalitha Morkuzhambu - An easy-to-make kadhi recipe with omam/ajwain as the major ingredient, omam/ajwain/caraway seeds has numerous health benefits especially helping to relieve the symptoms of indigestion. It also eases arthritis pain, prevents premature greying of hair, and treaṭs common cold.
Ingredients required:
Omam, Besan or gram flour, Mustard seeds, jeera, methi seeds, red chillies, hing, green chillies, ginger, buttermilk, turmeric powder, salt, ghee + oil, curry leaves.
Oil - I'm using cold-pressed sunflower oil and ghee. Any oil can be used.
Method:
Pound ginger and green chillies coarsely.
Mix besan flour with the buttermilk.
Cook the buttermilk mixture with the seasoned oil until it thickens.
Accompaniments: Rice with spicy dry curry
Storage:
Stays good for 2 days in the refrigerator.
Variations:
Fried gram flour or rice flour can be used in the place of gram flour/besan.
You may also try:
Vegan:
Use coconut curd in the place of buttermilk.
Use coconut oil in the place of oil + ghee.
Equipment required: Saucepan, mortar, and pestle.
Recipe:
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Total Time taken - 15 minutes.
No.of servings - 4
1 tsp = 5 ml
1 cup = 200 ml
1 tumbler = 180 ml
Ingredients with measurements:
Buttermilk - 2 tumblers
Water - 1/4 cup
Besan/gram flour - 2 tbsp
Salt - as required.
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Pound coarsely:
Green chillies - 2
Ginger - 1/2"
Tempering:
Oil + ghee - 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Jeera - 1/4 tsp
Ajwain - 1 tsp
Red chillies - 3 or 4
Methi /Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp
Hing - a pinch
Curry leaves - a sprig.
Directions:
1. Temper oil + ghee in a saucepan with the ingredients given under 'tempering'.
2. Add the pounded mixture to the seasoned oil.
3. Mix gram flour with buttermilk without any lumps.
5. Add the buttermilk mixture to the saucepan.
6. Add salt and turmeric powder and cook till the raw smell of the flour disappears and till the gravy thickens.
Note:
Increase or decrease the number of chillies used.
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