Welcome to Wonderfully Vegetarian - a down-to-earth cooking experience based on my kitchen exploits.

Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. -- Albert Einstein

You must have heard "Kalyana Samayal satham" song at some point. Well, may be not quite there, but I certainly hope the posts in this blog enrich your cooking experience and lets you approach cooking with a SMILE, rather than as a chore or a rules to follow regimen. Anything Vegetarian goes, ONLY criterion: The end product MUST taste good - to those you are serving.




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Monday, February 1, 2010

TOFU VENDAYA KUZHAMBHU - டோபு வெந்தய குழம்பு!

டோபு வெந்தய குழம்பு

In thouroughbred South Indian families, hardly anyone can pass a vendhya kuzhambhu without their taste buds jumping!

So it was one day I was preparing this kuzhambhu and thought why not some tofu too?
Now for the recipe:
Firm tofu is good for this. Cut it into nice cubes.
Make tamarind water as needed and keep.
Take a handful of manathakkali, 2 spoons toor dal, 1/2 spoon mustard seeds, 1/4 spoon fenugreek seeds and 5-7 red chillies.
If you are fond of onions, you can substitute onions for manathakkali.
Take a sauce pan, and heat some oil in it. Add the above ingredients and let it pop.
Add the cut tofu and saute for a few minutes.
Now add tamarind water, sambhar powder, turmeric powder, salt and let it boil.
When consistency is good, add asafoetida and curry leaves.
Your tofu vendhaya kuzhambhu is ready.

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