Aatukal Kuzhambu / Goat Leg Curry

Preparation time : 20 mins

Cooking time : 30 mins

Serve - 4 to 5

INGREDIENTS:

Goat leg / Aatukal  - 3

Small onion - 1/4 kg(cut it into pieces)

Mustard seeds - 1 1/2 spn

Salt - as required

Brinjal - 8 (cutted into sliced)

Gingelly oil - 5spn

Curry leaves - as required

Turmeric powder - 1/2 spn

FOR CLEANING :

Salt  - 3 spn

Warm water - 2 cups

FOR MASALA:

• Small onion - 15, Ginger - 3 small pieces, Garlic - 6 (cloves)
• Red Chilli - 25 , Coriander seeds - 4 spn , Cumin seed - 1spn
• Grated coconut - 1 cup

METHOD:

• Grainded the grainding things first as per the picture. 
• Heat leg on the direct flame and scrub with salt and wash it with warm water and cut into small pieces.(so that leg became light brown colour)
• In a pressure cooker add the goat leg, turmeric powder and add water to it and whistled it for 5 to 6.
• Now add onion along with ginger garlic paste, chilli coriander paste, coconut paste, and salt 
• Bring to boil for 10 min.Untill the raw smell is gone 
• In another kadai add gingelly oil, mustard seeds, some small onion and curry leaves fry it till brown.
• Add some chilli paste on the oil to change the colour (so that the kuzhambu became redish)
• Pour it on the gravy and add brinjal to it, then close the lid and cook for 8 mins. 
• Untill the brinjal cooked well then in slow flame for 2 mins till oil floats on top.
• Now the Aatukal kuzhambu / goat leg curry is ready.
• Serve it with steamed white rice.

PICTORIAL:

 Take leg and heat it on the direct flame

 Scrub it with salt and wash with warm water

Cut it into small pieces

Add leg, water, and turmaric powder

 

Mix well

Close it and whistled it for 5

Take chilli, cumin and coriander

Dry roast it

Lightly

Add it to blender 

Grind it into fine paste

Now grind these thinks also

Add it to the blender

Grind it into fine paste

Now grind coconut also

Grind it into fine paste

Now take your ingredients

Open the cooker 

Add in onion paste

Chilli paste

Add in coconut paste

Some water to that

Mix well

Add in salt 

Bring to boil 

In another stove add oil 

Add in mustard

Chopped onions

Some curry leaves

Add some chilli paste on the oil to change the colour 

Fry it for a min

Pour to the boiling gravy

Now add cutted brinjal 

Just cover it for 5 mins 

Now see how it's cooked

Put it on the slow flame till oil floats on the top

YUM.. YUM... YUMMY 

Ready to serve with white rice

Aatukal kuzhambu / goat leg curry is one of the delicious south indian dish especially tirunelveli. Most people Have a love or hate relationship with the dish. My husband loves it and i am not a big fan of it. In my village when the temple function is going to end many of devoties dedicated goats to god, at that time every one in the villagers prepare this type of huzhambu, mutton kuzhambu, Lamp intestine curry and white rice in their homes. And invites all other relatives to the home to enjoyed the wonderful meals..........so i try this recipe for you...........And let me know how its done to your tasty buds..........