Ingredients

• drumstick - 2 nos
• ladies finger - 10 nos
• carrot - 2 nos
• beans - 100 gms
• red pumpkin - 1 small piece
• potato - 2 nos
• tomato - 2 nos
• onion - 2 nos
• tamarind - 1 lemon size
• sunflower oil - 1 small cup
• mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• For Grinding Paste -
• coconut - grated / sliced 1 to 1.5 cup
• red chilly - 5 to 6 nos
• toor dhal - 2 tsp
• rice - 1 tsp
• white til - 1/2 tsp
• For Garnishing -
• curry leaves
• coriander leaves
• mint leaves

How to Make Varuthu Ariatha Kuzhambu

• Cut all the mentioned vegetables into big pieces the way you do for sambhar, except tomato and onion. Cook vegetables by adding salt, water and a small pinch turmeric. Put lady's finger at the last, as it will cook faster.
• Take a kadai, fry red chilly, tuvar dal, rice and til by adding 1 tsp oil till the dal turns into light brown.
• Take from kadai and keep aside.
• Pour some oil (one small cup) in the kadai, splutter mustard seeds.
• Add curry leaves, chopped tomato, onion and fry well.
• Once vegetables are cooked (3/4), add fried tomato and onion.
• Then pour tamarind paste and make it to boil.
• Grind coconut and fried items well by adding water.
• Pour this paste into the boiling vegetables.
• Make it to boil for 5 to 6 seconds.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and pudina leaves.
• The tasty varuthu araitha kuzhambu is ready.
• You can mix it with rice with appalam as side dish and eat.
• Note: You can add vegetables which suits with the above vegetables like bell-chilli, cauliflower, coccinea etc.