Kola urundai kuzhambu

Kola urundai curry or Kuzhambu

Ingredients

Mutton keema                                -- 1/2 kilo
Oil                                                   -- 5-6 tsps
small onion                                     -- 1 cup
Ginger & garlic paste                      -- 2tbs
Dry red chilly                                  -- 10nos
Cinnamon                                        -- 1 small piece
Cloves                                              -- 2-3 pieces
Saunf ( sombu)                                --2 tsp
Roasted chana dhal (pottu kadalai) -- 2tbs
kuskus                                              -- 3tbs
Pepper                                              -- 6-7
Coconut                                            -- 5-6 pieces
Tomato                                             -- 3 nos

METHOD

Step 1 : Dry grind in mixer, dry chilly,g&g ,cinnamon & cloves,saunf ,salt, pottu kadalai or roasted chana dhal & keema without adding any water. make small balls & keep aside.

Step 2 : For the curry: grind,cumin seeds,saunf,kasakasa (kuskus),pepper,cinnamon,cloves,star anees,coriander seeds ( powder can be added too ),coconut to a fine paste & keep aside.

Step 3 : In a kadai, add  oil, cinnamon,onion,ginger garlic paste about 1tbs,saute well,add tomatoes, after oil starts showing add the ground masala,chilly powder,turmeric powder & let it boil for sometime. Then add keema balls & allow it to cook till done( keema will cook very fast), after it thickens,put off stove & garnish with curry leaves & coriander leaves.

P.S: instead of making keema balls with the entire quantity of mutton ,some can be kept aside & added in the curry also.

Goes well wtih plain rice , idli,dosa,roti,parata,appam,idiappam etc