Papaya-Morekuzhambu

#PapayaMorekuzhambu #PapayaMorkuzhambu #PapaliKaiMorkuzhambu : In this recipe #Papaya i.e., #RawPapaya or #UnripePapaya or #GreenPapaya has been used. #RawPapaya is called #Papalikai in Thamizh. It is full of nutrients that helps in controlling our digestive system. It has anti amoebic and anti parasitic property. It is very helpful to cure indigestion, acid reflux, constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, heart burn and gastric problem. 
More often I used to prepare salad from #GreenPapaya along with other vegetables. This time prepared #morkuzhambu [ #morekuzhambu ] using #Rawpapaya.

The taste of #morekuzhambu [#morkuzhambu ] varies with the taste of the curd and also on the vegetable taken. But the gravy comes out good only with fresh curd or slightly sour curd.

There are five stages to prepare a tasty #morekuzhambu

• Beat the curd adding 1/4 tsp of asafoetida and crushed ginger
• Grind coconut, cumin, chilly and soaked gram dhal & rice along with other ingredients into a smooth paste
• Boil the vegetable
• Finally simmer boiled vegetable adding prepared coconut paste and then curd
• Temper mustard seed, cumin seed, split black gram, broken red chilly, asafoetida and curry leaves

Ingredients :
1 cup	Curd
small piece	Ginger
2 pinch	Asafoetida powder
150 gms	Raw Papaya, cut into 3/4 in. cubes
1/4 Tsp	Turmeric powder
1 Tsp	Salt [ Adjust ]
For masala :
3 Tsp	Grated Coconut
1 Tsp	Gram dhal
1/2 Tsp	Raw Rice
11/2 Tsp	Cumin seeds
1/2 Tsp	Coriander seeds
4 or 5	Black pepper
2 Cloves	Garlic
4 or 5	small Onion or
1 small size	Onion
1 or 2	Green chilly
1 or 2	Red chilly
small piece	Ginger
small piece	Turmeric tuber [ optional ]
1/4 Tsp	Salt [ adjust ]
To Temper :
1/2 Tsp	Mustard seeds
1/2 Tsp	Cumin seeds
1 Tsp	Urad dhal
1/4 Tsp	asafoetida powder
1	Red chilly, break into pieces
10	Curry leaves

Coriander leaves to garnish.

Method :
Soak gram dhal and raw rice half an hour before starting to prepare morekuzhambu [ mor kuzhambu ].

Beat curd with a ladle or spoon to make it smooth.
Add smashed ginger piece & asafoetida powder and keep aside.

Take all the ingredients for masala in a mixer grinder jar and grind without adding water.

Then add water and grind into a fine paste.
Transfer into a bowl and keep aside.

Heat a kadai on a stove over slow flame.
Add 1/4 cup of water. Then put a pinch of turmeric powder, 1/4 Tsp salt and raw papaya [ papalikai ] cubes. Cook on slow flame till papaya cubes become soft.
Add prepared masala, 1 to 1 1/4 cup of water and mix well.
Allow to simmer for 5 minutes or until the raw smell goes off.

Now completely reduce the flame and add beaten curd.
Adjust salt and mix well.
Simmer over the stove until first few bubbles starts coming up.
Tear five to six curry leaves and put them on boiling kuzhambu.
Turn off the stove and transfer into a serving bowl.

Keep a kadai with oil on a slow flame.
When the oil becomes hot crakle mustard seeds.
Then add cumin and then chilly pieces.
Now add urad dhal.
Add curry leaves and asafotida after urad dhal turns golden color.
Pour tempered ingredients over more kuzhambu.
Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

Tasty tasty more kuzhambu [ mor kuzhambu ] is ready.
Mix dhal [ paruppu ] with hot rice adding 1/2 tsp of ghee and enjoy it with papaya morekuzhambu.
Papaya morekuzhambu [ mor kuzhambu ] can also be mixed with rice and relished with any dry curry or  vegetable stir fry of your choice.

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Papaya Pineapple Salad

Papaya Carrot Salad

Papaya Soup

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Nool-Khol-Papaya-Sambar

#NoolkholPapayaSambar : #RawPapaya [ #UnripePapaya or #GreenPapaya] is rich in vitamins, enzymes and phytonutrients. These phytonutrients and enzymes help in improving digestion and aids in strengthening immune system of our body. When it turns into fruit it loses some of the vital nutrients and enzymes. So it is advisable to include raw papaya in our daily diet.
We have already seen a recipe to prepare soup with green papaya, Papaya Lentil Salad and Papaya Carrot Salad.
Here I am going to present the way of preparing a sambar using papaya along with noolkhol.

Ingredients :
1/3 Cup	Cooked Thuvar Dhal
small nellikkai size	Tamarind, soak in lukewarm water
1/2 Cup	diced green papaya
1/2 Cup	diced noolkhol
10 - 15	Small onion [ shallots ]
2	Green chilly, split lengthwise
10 - 15	Curry leaves
Powders to add :
2 Tsp	sambar powder
1 Tsp	Coriander powder
1/8 Tsp	Turmeric powder
2 Tsp	Salt
To Temper :
1 Tsp	Mustard seeds
1/4 Tsp	Asafoetida powder
1 Tsp	Oil

Method :

Peel off green papaya and noolkhol and dice them into 1/2 inch cubes.

Peel onions and set aside.

Pressure cook noolkhol for a whistle.

Immediately release the pressure and open the lid.

Now add papaya pieces and all the powders mentioned above into the cooker..

Mash the cooked thuvar dhal and add into the cooker.

Add 3/4 cup of water and bring into boil over medium heat.
On another burner of the stove heat a kadai with oil.

Crackle mustard seeds and then add asafoetida,

Then add curry leaves, green chilly and onion.

Saute for a minute and then transfer into boiling sambar.

Squeeze the tamarind with 1/2 cup of water.

Strain the juice into boiling sambar.

Close the pressure cooker with lid placing weight over the nozzle.
Pressure cook for a whistle.

Open after it ran out of steam.

Transfer into a serving bowl and garnish with coriander leaves.

Take hot white rice in a plate. Pour a ladle full of sambar and add 2 or 3 drops of ghee. Mix well with hand by giving little pressure and enjoy with any curry/poriyal, koottu and a papad.
mm...ah! .. wah!...  whoever had it will surely ask for one more serving!!

Other green papaya recipes you may like to try

Papaya Carrot Salad

Papaya Radish Lentil Salad

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Papaya-Radish-Lentil-Salad

#PapayaRadishLentilSalad  [ #PapayaRadishSalad ] : #RawPapaya [ #UnripePapaya or #GreenPapaya] is rich in vitamins, enzymes and phytonutrients. These phytonutrients and enzymes help in improving digestion and aids in strengthening immune system of our body. When it turns into fruit it loses some of the vital nutrients and enzymes. So it is advisable to include raw papaya in our daily diet.
We have already seen a recipe to prepare soup with green papaya and Papaya Carrot Salad. Now we will see another simple but tasty salad using raw papaya.

Ingredients :
1 cup	Raw Papaya grated
1/4 cup	Radish grated
1/8 cup	Green gram split
1 or 2	Green chilly, finely chop [ adjust ]
1 Tsp	Coriander leaves finely chopped
1 Tsp	Lemon Juice [ adjust ]
3/4 Tsp	Salt [ Adjust ]

Method :

Take green gram split in a bowl.

Wash two times and drain out the water.

Add grated radish and papaya into the bowl containing washed green gram split.

Add required amount of salt and mix well.

Set aside for 20 minutes.

After 20 minutes add finely chopped green chilly and coriander leaves.

Also add lemon juice and salt.

Mix well and transfer into a serving bowl.

Now papaya radish salad is ready to enjoy.

Other pachadi/raitha varieties you might like to try

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Papaya-Carrot-Salad

#PapayaCarrotSalad : #RawPapaya [ #UnripePapaya or #GreenPapaya] is a great source of vitamins, enzymes and phytonutrients. These phytonutrients and enzymes help in improving digestion and aids in strengthening immune system of our body. When it turns into fruit it loses some of the vital nutrients and enzymes. So it is advisable to include raw papaya in our daily diet.
We have already seen a recipe to prepare soup with green papaya. Now we will see another simple but tasty salad using raw papaya.

Ingredients :
1 cup	Raw Papaya grated
1/4 cup	Carrot grated
1 or 2	Green chilly, finely chop [ adjust ]
1 Tsp	Coriander leaves finely chopped
1 Tsp	Lemon Juice [ adjust ]
3/4 Tsp	Salt [ Adjust ]
To Temper :
1/2 Tsp	Mustard seeds
1 Tsp	Gingelly oil [ til/sesame oil ]

Method :

Peel papaya and remove the seeds inside.

Grate and take in a bowl.

Add all the given ingredients and mix well.

Heat a kadai on a stove over medium flame.

Add oil and splutter mustard seeds.

Pour over the salad mix.

Adjust salt and lemon juice.

Enjoy crunchy and tasty papaya carrot salad!!..

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