Pudina Tambuli Recipe
Pudina Tambuli/Tambli is a very traditional Karnataka dish which our grannys have been making from many years. Its basically a uncooked yoghurt based dish served along with rice. One can make thambli using different herbs/seeds/peels/ingredients. Today we have Pudina Tambli / mint leaves thambli. The heavenly aroma that comes out of your kitchen when you are roasting these leaves along with some cumin and pepper seeds is so awesome.
Ingredients
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1/2 cup Mint Leaves (Pudina)
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1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
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3 Whole Black Peppercorns
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1 Green Chilli
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1/4 cup Fresh coconut
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grated
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1-1/2 cup Buttermilk
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1 teaspoon Ghee
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Salt
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to taste
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For tempering
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1 teaspoon Ghee
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1/2 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu)
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1/2 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
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6 Curry leaves
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1 Dry Red Chilli
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Instructions
Step 1
To begin making the Pudina Tambuli recipe, clean and wash mint leaves
Step 2
In a pan add few drops of ghee and roast jeera, pepper and green chilli
Step 3
Fry for a minute
Step 4
Add the pudina leaves and sauté for 2-3 minutes or till the leaves turn soft and change their colour
Step 5
Remove from the flame and keep aside to cool
Step 6
Grind leaves, spice mix, coconut and salt to a very smooth paste in a mixer by adding little water
Step 7
Pour the mixture to a bowl and add buttermilk/curd
Step 8
Mix well
Step 9
Adjust the consistency as required
Step 10
The consistency should be thin
Step 11
Heat the remaining ghee in a small pan
Step 12
Add mustard seeds and jeera ,when it splutters add curry leaves
Step 13
Pour the tempering on the thambli
Step 14
Serve Pudina Tambli in room temperature with hot steaming rice and Keerai Sambar or relish as such as a drink