Apple vattal kuzhambu - Sun dried apples in tamarind gravy

APPLE VATTAL KUZHAMBU
I was wondering not knowing how to use the sun dried apples which my cousin had brought from Kashmir. My son said that my daughter - in - law used sun dried apples (Apple vattal ) to make a 'trail snack' along with nuts, chocolate chips and other dry fruits. This snack he said restored energy during their trekking expeditions.

As I was just getting ready to mix a trail snack my aunt called up and said that her 'vella pachadi ' and ' vattal kozhumbu' with apple vattals had turned out very good. With a little hesitation I prepared this novel vattal kuzhambu, but my family enjoyed the new dish very much.




INGREDIENTS
Sun dried apples ( cut into small pieces ) - 1 cup

Tamarind - 1 lemon size ball
Jaggery - 1 lemon size piece
Salt - 1 1/2 tsp
Sambar powder ( Unroasted spice mix) - 2 tsp
Rice flour - 2 tsp
Gingelly oil - 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp
Bengal gram dal - 2 tsp
Asafoetida - 1 pinch
Broken red chillies - 2
Curry leaves - a few



METHOD
1. Soak tamarind in warm water and extract the juice.
2. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds.
3. When the mustard splutters add fenugreek seeds and then the bengal gram dal.
4. When the dal becomes golden in colour add red chillies, curry leaves and the apple pieces.
5. Lower the flame and quickly add asafoetida, sambar powder and rice flour and stir.(Take care not to burn the sambar powder).
6. Add the tamarind extract, salt and jaggery.
7. Boil the vattal kuzhambu until it reaches a sauce like consistancy, stirring now and then.


Enjoy the pleasant flavour of apple in your delicious vattal kuzhambu. It tastes heavenly with hot rice topped with a dollop of ghee. You can also enjoy it with pongal, upma, dosai, adai or chapati.

Comments

tasted very good with curd rice. appa
Very interesting.....try making like mango pappu too.
Hari Chandana P said…
very new to me.. looks very tempting and delicious.. nice clicks too.. thanks for the awesome recipe.. :)
YOSEE said…
Wow ! a novelty ! I guess anything in vattal kuzhambu tastes good !
Sree said…
but when do u add the apple??
Unknown said…
i am sorry to say this recipe looks least apealing..ya it is good to deliver novel dishes..but this is the limit i don,t think i will ever try this
Dori said…
That sounds really tasty!
Dear Vidya,
Unless tried and tested we never know the taste.Thank you for your comment.
Dear Sree,
Thank you for pointing out.The correction has been made in the post.

Your blog is awesome.I would like to take time and go through all your posts.
jayasree said…
I just posted a vatral kuzhambu with sun dried mangoes. And here I see apples. Good to know you were able adapt the dried apples to suit our cuisine.
Anonymous said…
I made muzhu mambazha morkozhambu looking at your receipe.. This is definitely something!! I will try it and let you know.
Suganya said…
This sounds new to me... Really want to give a try.... Interesting....