Recipe of Puthucode Kovil Pulungari/ Pulinkari

Recipe of Puthucode Kovil Pulungari/ Pulinkari

Compiled by
P.R.Ramachander   

( The normal Pulunkari of Kerala is prepared by boiling vegetables like Brinjal, ash gourd , Pumpkin in Tamarind juice and adding to it powder of roasted rice+chillies .Puthukottu pulankari is the combination of Sambhar, aviyal and Pulunkari. The recipe for the mass scale preparation during Navarathri was given by the village cook in one of the souvenir’s brought out by the village .All that I have done is making it a recipe for few people .We have tried it several times ,It is tastey ofcourse not as much as the temple Navarathri Pulunkary)

Pumpkin 150 g, 
Yam 150 g, 
Ash gourd 150 g, 
Plantains 50 g,

Raw rice 10 g,
tur dhal 25 g, 
dried chillies 3, 
Fenugreek (Mentha) 5 g, 
Tamarind 50 g, 
Coconut (shredded) 25 g,
Mustard 2 g, 
green chillies 5 g, 
Jaggery 20 g, 
curry leaves, 
Coconut oil 25 g and 
some quantity of curry leaves and salt to taste.

Method:
1.Cut and cook Ah gourd and yam together in a cooker
2.Also cook Tur dal in the cooker
3. Cut and boil pumpkin and plantains
4. fry rice till it pops and then powder it
5.fry fenugreek (Mentha) to golden brown and powder it
6.Grind coconut and green chillies together
7 Extract Tamarind juice and boil it for 5 minutes
8. Add all vegetables, jaggery, and cooked dhal to tamarind extract for 10 minutes
9.Add rice powder and boil for 5 minutes
10. Take out from stove and immediately add coconut paste, mentha powder, coconut oil and curry leaves and stir.
11. Season it with mustard and dry chilies in coconut oil.