Yoghurt curry/Mor Kuzhambu/ Moru curry

My son loves this curry. It's hard to make him take plain yogurt with rice usually, but if it's mixed in as with this curry with, along with any vegetable that goes with it, he would want it until it gets over. He really loves this yogurt curry. See if you might like it too.


Ingredients:

1:  Cabbage/ green plantain/potato/okra                         -  cut to pieces,1 cup

2: Onion                                                                       -1/2 a medium onion

3: Uraad Dhaal / Black gram                                        - 4 tbsp

4: Curry leaves                                                            - a sprig

5: Dry red chilly                                                            -2 in number(broken)

6: Plain Yoghurt/ Plain Curd                                        -1 cup ( run thru a blender and smoothened)

7: Salt                                                                        - to taste

8: Black Mustard seeds                                              - 1 tsp  

9: Oil                                                                         - 2 tbsp                          


For grinding to a paste:

1: shredded coconut                                                 -1/2 cup

2: Jeera/Cumin seeds                                               -1 tbsp

3: Garlic                                                                 - 3-4  pieces

4: Green chilly                                                           -6-7 numbers( depending on how hot u need it)

5: Curry leaves:                                                       - a few sprigs

6:Ginger                                                                  - an inch size

7: Turmeric powder:                                                 - 1 tsp



Prep Method:

First, grind all the second list of ingredients together to a fine paste and keep it aside. Wash the Uraad Dhaal and cook it in a closed pan adding water, salt, and turmeric to it. As the dhaal/lentil is half cooked, add the onion and the Cabbage/ Plantain/Potato/Okra (either one of them)  and let it cook for a while. To this, add the ground paste of coconut and check for salt. As the vegetables and the dhaal are fully cooked, turn the heat down to very mild and add the smoothened curd/yogurt to the mixture. Turn off the heat before the curd starts curdling or when the curry is slightly warmed. You really do not want the Yoghurt curry to cuddle up. That would be really unsightly and unappetizing to look at. So remember to really reduce the heat just before adding Yoghurt/Curd.

Now in another pan add a little oil and as it heats up, add the mustard seeds and let them splutter.To this immediately add the pieces of red chilly and curry leaves. Get it off the stove and pour this garnish over your Yohurt/ Moru curry and enjoy it with your rice. Usually something that  like fried fish/or any vegetable thoran/poriyal  goes very well with this as a side to the rice.
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