Maambazham Mor kuzhambu is a delicious kuzhambu made with ripe mangoes. The tanginess of the buttermilk along with the sweetness of the mangoes makes this Mango More kuzhambu everyone's favorite.
I love mangoes and now that the mango season is here, I am totally enjoying the fruit. After moving to the South, I found a couple of different varieties of mango and I have been taste-testing them.
During one such buy, the mangoes looked very ripe from the outside, but when I cut them they were quite sour. Not knowing what to do, I kept the sliced mangoes inside a container and put them in the refrigerator.
A couple of days later, the mango was intact and tasted just like when I had left them inside. So I knew that they could not be consumed as is it and needed to be transformed into something else.
They were pretty squishy to be made into mango pickle and too ripe to be made into Mango pachadi. That is when I came across this Maambazham Mor kuzhambu recipe in Subbu’s kitchen and decided to give it a try.
The Maambazham Mor kuzhambu had a very intense flavor of the mango minus the sweetness. Once I knew this recipe, I have no fear to venture out and buy mangoes as I know what to do with the not-too-sweet ones.
This Mango More Kuzhambu recipe needs ripe mangoes, so make sure you use ripe fruit and not raw mangoes. Also, increase the spiciness of the kuzhambu as that will help neutralize the sweetness of the fruit.
Preparation time – 10 minutes
Cooking time – 30 minutes
Difficulty level – easy
Recipe adapted from – Subbu’s Kitchen
Ingredients to make Maambazham Mor kuzhambu – Serves 4-6
- Mango (ripe) – 1 large or 2 small (skin removed and chopped)
- Buttermilk – 2 cups (sour)
- Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
- Red chilies – 4 (adjust based on your preference)
- Fenugreek seed – ½ tsp
- Coconut (grated) – ½ cup
- Rice – 1 tbsp
- Coconut oil – 1 tsp
- Salt – to taste
To temper –
- Coconut oil – 2 tsp
- Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
- Curry leaves – few
Procedure –
- Soak the rice in a little water for about 10 minutes.
- Remove the skin of the mangoes and chop them into 1-inch pieces. In a small saucepan, add the chopped mangoes and about a cup of water along with a pinch of turmeric powder, and cook until the mangoes are soft. It does not take too long as the mangoes are ripe. Turn off the flame and let it cool down. You can mash the mangoes with a ladle or leave them in chunks if preferred.
- In a small pan, heat 1 teaspoon of oil and fry the fenugreek seeds and red chilies until brown and aromatic. Turn off the flame and then grind it along with the soaked rice and coconut to a smooth paste.
- Mix the paste with the sour buttermilk and whisk it well. Now add the cooled-down mango pulp and heat it on a flame.
- Make sure you cook the morekuzhambu on low heat or else the buttermilk will curdle. Add turmeric powder and salt and let the mixture come to a boil. You will notice that the morkuzhambu has thickened by now. Do not let the Maambazham mor kuzhambu boil for too long.
- Heat the coconut oil to temper and add the mustard seeds and curry leaves. Add it to the Mango mor kuzhambu and mix well.
- I served the Maambazham Mor kuzhambu with rice and vazhakkai (raw banana) curry.
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Recipe
Maambazham Morkuzhambu | Mango Buttermilk stew
Equipment
- Blender
Ingredients
- 1 large Mango ripe (skin removed and chopped)
- 2 cups Buttermilk sour
- ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- 4 Red chilies adjust based on your preference
- ½ teaspoon Fenugreek seed
- ½ cup Coconut grated
- 1 tablespoon Rice
- 1 teaspoon Coconut oil
- to taste Salt
To temper –
- 2 teaspoon Coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
- few Curry leaves
Instructions
- Soak the rice in a little water for about 10 minutes.
- Remove the skin of the mangoes and chop into 1 inch pieces. In a small sauce pan, add the chopped mangoes and about a cup of water along with a pinch of turmeric powder and cook until the mangoes are soft. It does not take too long as the mangoes are ripe. Turn off the flame and let it cool down. You can mash the mangoes with a ladle or leave it as chunks if preferred.
- In a small pan, heat 1 teaspoon of oil and fry the fenugreek seeds and red chilies until brown and aromatic. Turn off the flame and then grind it along with the soaked rice and coconut to a smooth paste.
- Mix the paste with the sour buttermilk and whisk it well. Now add the cooled down mango pulp and heat it on flame. Make sure you cook the morekuzhambu in low heat or else the buttermilk will curdle. Add turmeric powder and salt and let the mixture come to a boil. You will notice that the morkuzhambu has thickened by now. Do not let the morkuzhambu boil for too long.
- Heat the coconut oil to temper and add the mustard seeds and curry leaves. Add it to the morkuzhambu and mix well.
- I served the Maambazham Morkuzhambu with rice and vazhakkai (raw banana) curry.
Mayuri Patel says
Mango and buttermilk together to make a stew or curry, now that does sound really delicious. Whenever we make aamras, we also tend to make kadhi and add the mango stones to it to give it a sweet and tangy taste. I'm sure your maambazham morkuzhambu must be tasting similar.
Chef Mireille says
a unique use of mango - but good that you were able to use the green mango so that it did not go to waste.