About The Recipe:

Pirandai Thuvaiyal - Pirandai is commonly helps to cure indigestion and also good for bones. In aurvedic it has numerous health benefits. Pirandai can easily grow in home. Most of them hesitate to use pirandai because it will cause itchiness while handling. To prevent this itchy, apply some coconut oil, sesame oil on the hands or gloves. Using knife remove the fiber, sharp edges and then use. In south India, pirandai is commonly used to make thuvaiyal, chutney, idli, dosai, adai, pirandai tamarind curry, pickle and vathal. Lets see how to make the pirandai thuvaiyal at home with easy step by step images and instructions. Follow the recipe as below...

Recipe : Pirandai Thuvaiyal | How To Clean And Use The Pirandai | Pirandai Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes Recipe Cuisine: Indian Recipe Category: Thuvaiyal Yield: 1 cup

Ingredients :

Pirandai - 1 cup

Oil - 2 tbsp + 1 tsp

Urad Dal - 2 tbsp

Dry Red Chili - 3 no

Tamarind - 1" ball size

Asafoetida - 1\4 tsp

Urad Dal - 1\4 tsp

Mustard Seeds - 1\4 tsp

Salt - as required

Method :

Steps To Clean The Pirandai - Pirandai is generally causes itching on skin while handling. To prevent this itching, apply some coconut oil or sesame oil on your hands. Using knife, remove the sharp edges \ fiber from the sides of pirandai (like removing fibers from the drumstick and beans). Then cut into small pieces and ready to use.

To make the thuvaiyal, heat the oil in a kadhai, roast the urad dal and dry red chili till golden colour. Drain the oil and keep them separately. Then saute the tamarind ball for about half an minute and keep separately.

After that saute the pirandai, cook over medium flame, until its colour changes into light and keep aside.

Cool all the sauteed ingredients.

Grind the urad dal, red chili, tamarind and asafoetida into powder, add the pirandai and required salt, grind into paste with required water and keep aside.

Temper the urad and mustard seeds with a teaspoon of oil, add the ground pirandai mixture, mix well and the thuvaiyal is ready.

Notes: To prevent pirandai itching, apply some coconut oil or sesame oil on your hands.

Step By Step Images:

Pirandai thuvaiyal required ingredients are shown in the above image.

Steps To Clean The Pirandai - Pirandai is generally causes itching on skin while handling. To prevent this itching, apply some coconut oil or sesame oil on your hands. Using knife, remove the sharp edges \ fiber from the sides of pirandai (like removing fibers from the drumstick and beans). Then cut into small pieces and ready to use.

To make the thuvaiyal, heat the oil in a kadhai, first roast the urad dal and dry red chili till golden colour. Drain the oil and keep them separately. Then saute the tamarind ball for half an minute and keep separately.

After that saute the pirandai, cook over medium flame until its colour changes into light and keep aside. Cool all the sauteed ingredients.

Grind the urad dal, red chili, tamarind and asafoetida into powder.

Add the pirandai and required salt, grind into paste with required water and keep aside

To temper, heat the oil in a kadhai, add the urad and mustard seeds, after splutter add the ground pirandai mixture, mix well and the thuvaiyal is ready.

Serving Suggestion: Goes well with the idly and dosai. Page: Collection Of Chutney | Thuvaiyal Recipes. If you like this recipe: You will like this pirandai thuvaiyal recipe also. Did you make this recipe? Please let me know how it turned out for you! Leave a comment below and share on facebook

By Kalais