Tirunelveli Sodhi Kuzhambu / Maapillai Sodhi

Sodhi Kuzhambu / Maapillai Sothi is made with coconut milk and very midly spiced which means it perpect for kids or for people whom doesn't like spicy food. It is the South Indian style kuzhambu especially in tirunelveli and a mild yellow coconut curry goes nicely with the iddiyappam and hot steamed white rice.. this my all time favourite! 

This dish is support to be a srilankan / malaysian curry, But it is very famous in tirunelveli district. SOTHI is a dish I learn recently from my hubby's sister, and which is a regular dish at home. I love coconut based curry and kuzhmbu, especially with rice.. 

So I hope that you must try this recipe and let me know how it's turns out from you...

Preparation time : 10 mins

Cooking time : 20 mins

Serve - 4

INGREDIENTS :

Vegetable - 1 cup (carrot, beans, potatoes, and cauliflower)

Coconut milk - 1 cup

Boiled moong dal - 1 cup

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tspn

Tomato - 3 tsp (chopped)

Water - AS needed

Salt - as needed

coconut oil - 3 tsp

FOT GRINDING :

Green chillies - 6 

Shallots / small onions - 10 nos

Cinnamon - 1 sticks 

Cloves - 1 

Poppy seeds / kasa kasa - 1/4 tsp

Garlic - 1 cloves

METHOD : 

• Extract the coconut milk and keep aside the milk that must be thick. 
• Then grind the gringing things mentioned in the ingredients "FOR GRINDING" into fine paste.
• In a kadai boiled the cutted vegetables along with the a pinch of salt, after it cooked drain it and keep aside. 
• In a add in ginger garlic paste and chopped tomatoes then toss well.
• Now add in cooked vegetables, grinded masala, boiled dal, and salt.
• Toss it well for 5 mins untill the raw smell is gone. 
• Now add in coconut milk and mix well.
• After adding the coconut milk don't cook it and switch off the stove.
• Serve hot with iddiyappam or Ginger pachadi.
• Enjoy..

PICTORIAL :

Take your ingredients

Take grinding items in a plate

Add in blender

Into fine paste

In a kadai add vegetables

Pour some water

Some salt

Bring to boil untill the vegetables cooked

After it cooked, strain it

Add coconut oil in a kadai.

Add in ginger garlic paste

Chopped tomatoes

Now add in masala and toss well for a min

Now add cooked vegetables

Now add boiled moong dal

Add in salt

Let them to boil untill the raw smell is gone.

Add coconut to the blender

Extract coconut milk

Now add in to the gravy..

Mix well

 Transfer them to a serving bowl

 Serve Hot

 Enjoy..