Karuvatu Kulambu/ Dried fish curry

Dried Fish kulambu

My grandma was an expert in making karuvatu kulambu. She was famous for her cooking. Whenever I make this kulambu, the sweet memories of my friends and the karuvatu kulambu came into my mind. My home was next to my school, only one compund wall between us. So I always used to come home for lunch. One day my Mom made this karuvatu kulambu, and I was talking with my friends about this kulambu. They all said they didn’t taste any karuvatu kulambu. So I asked them to come to my home for lunch. Two of my friends said, no we won’t eat NV’s on tuesday. Others decided to taste it. So I took all my friends to my home , the two of them came with their lunch box. When everybody enjoying the kulambu, (oh! the smell of the kulambu) the two also decided to taste it.  After finished the whole pot, they sprinkled some water on their head as a remedy, because they ate NV on tuesday. My Mom came home from work in the evening and asked me what happened to the curry? From that day onwards whenever my mom make karuvatu kulambu, they all used to come to my house and enjoy it . I never forgot those days my friends funny things, we always make fun of these two. The end. Why I am saying this story, if you tasted this once, then you know what I am saying.

Ingredients
Karuvadu / Dried fish – 1/4 lb
Shallot onion – 5 to 6
Tomato – 1 big
Green chilly -2
Red chilly powder – 1 1/2 tsp
Corriander powder – 2 tsps
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Fenu greek – 1/4 tsp
Eggplant / Kathirikkai – 3 small
Raw banana / vazhaikai- 1/2
Drumstick / Murungaikai- 1
Coconut – 4 tbsp
Tamarind paste – 1/4 tsp

Method
1. Soak the dried fish in hot water and wash them neatly add some salt to the fish and wash well and keep aside.
2. Heat oil in pan , pop mustard, fenugreek seeds and then the sliced shallot onions and fry until the onions are transparent. Now add the chopped tomato and all the masala powders , slit green chillies,tamarind juice and add enough water. Add all the vegetables. Cover and cook it until the vegetables are done.
3. Grind the coconut into a smooth paste and add it to the boiling masala and add enough salt and cover the pan and cook it for another few minutes.
4. Finally add the dried fish and stir it once and allow the fish to cook well. Once the oil starts to seperate from the gravy switch off the gas.
This taste better the next day than the first day.  Hope you all enjoy this.

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