This bhutti has a nice fresh masala which I really like with chapatis and dal.
When we were kids, I was not so big on tendles - I never did fuss over food, but this was not on my 'favourites' list. Actually the only vegetable I really cared about, was the magnificient potato !!
Anyway, a few years back, when my brother had called and we were talking about food (we talk a lot about food - he is on his way to becoming a really good cook !!) and he mentioned this tendle bhutti which ma had made. He made it sound so good, that the next thing I did was to make tendle bhutti. It was really nice. The masala is ground coarse and gives you a taste of all the ingredients that go into it.
Tendle Bhutti
Recipe Source - Rasachandrika, the ultimate Saraswat cookery book
What you need -
250 gm tendle
1 tbsp oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
a pinch of asafoetida
1 tbsp grated jaggery
small ball of tamarind
salt to taste
For the Masala -
5 red chillies
1 tsp coriander seeds
1/2 tsp black gram/ urad dal
1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds
5 cloves of garlic
1/2 coconut grated
What you do with it -
Wash the tendles, slice off both ends and cut them into small pieces
Heat oil in a pan and prepare a seasoning with mustard seeds and asafoetida
Add tendle pieces, salt, jaggery and a little water. Cover and allow it to cook
Roast the grated coconut
In oil, fry the red chillies, coriander seeds, urad dal, garlic and fenugreek seeds
Make a coarse paste with the coconut and the fried ingredients
Add the masala to the cooked tendles and stir well on heat, till all the water is absorbed
14 comments:
I love thendli- we just make normal palya with it have to trythis....
You should try it - its a nice combination of ingredients and since its ground coarse, you can feel each flavour when you eat it !
I usually make tondli in one simple way..stir fry,but after joining blogosphere i am learning so many more ways to eat this fav. of mine
This sounds really nice,would love to try it out :-)
I love Tendlis, whenever I see them, I grab them! :D
Your masala sounds great to me, will try with other veggies.
Hi arch,
My fav. veggie is tendli and I love the tendli talasani and ambat :) Amma used to make it more often on my request :) Yummmmmmmmm..bhutti is special to me as I love to have it with bread (sandwich) ooooo..my friends used to freak out at school. This is a long forgotten dish, u made me nostalgic :) Thanks for the recipe dear.
TC
this looks so good, but seriously I don't know what half the ingredients are! haha! guess I'll just have to go to an Indian restaurant...or your kitchen!
The masala sounds really good. I hardly experiment with this vegetable, its usually a stir-fry or steamed version. Will try this one next time.
@Alka, Priya, do try it out, its a very typical Konkani dish
@Asha, try it will cabbage or beans, works just as well
@Suparna, Welcome dear girl, some dishes really take us back in time, right ? tomato saar and bhende upkari is one such for me !
@Sophie, you are welcome to my kitchen, anytime ! This is very home-cooked kind of food, which you perhaps may not get at an Indian restaurant !
love the recipe..yummy
i usually only stir fry this veggie..thanks for a differnet recipe :)
love kovakkai and this is a different recipe for my collection. yum!
Is the upkari is same as palya ..
for palya recipe i used the fresh coconut.Next time i have to try with the fried coconut..Your curry looks good...
made this today, will post soon :)
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