Saturday 28 July 2012

Aatu Kudal Kulambu / Lamb Intestine Curry

Kudal Kulambu is another very traditional curry recipe of Chettinad cuisine and also other parts of Tamil Nadu. I love this curry so much with hot rice and  I know many of you would have an aversion/dislike for lamb intestine curry but still I won't hesitate to say that this is a very delicious curry. Those who have tasted it will know. Cleaning and chopping is a bit tough, but we get it chopped and cleaned right from the market like usual meat. Then cleaning under normal water 3 to 4 times will do. If you are more conscious about cleaning you can clean the intestine in lemon, water salt and turmeric powder mixture to make it free from microbes. There are different preparations using lamb intestine in different parts of Tamil Nadu, mostly lamb intestine is prepared around Madurai, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin,  Nagercoil, Karaikudi (Chettinad), we get the spicier curries from restaurants and street side stalls. These curries goes well with Rice, Chapati and Parotta/Parathas. This curry version is my Mom's special which she adapted from my granny (her mom), its so delicious, she adds plantain to the curry to enhance the flavor. Lets get to know this recipe.

INGREDIENTS

(Serves 5)
  1. Lamb Intestine/Aatu Kudal (chopped) - 1.5 kg (1500 grams)
  2. Coconut - 3/4th of a coconut 
  3. Pearl onions/Shallots (chopped) - 2 cups
  4. Plantain/Valakkai - 2 
  5. Ginger - 1 inch long piece 
  6. Garlic - 2 pods 
  7. Curry leaves - Few 
  8. Red chilli powder - 3 spoons 
  9. Coriander powder - 3 spoons 
  10. Turmeric powder - 1/4 spoon 
  11. Cardamom pods - 2 
  12. Star anise - 2
  13. Cinnamon - 2 small sticks (2 inch long piece)
  14. Cumin seeds - 1/2 spoon 
  15. Fennel seeds - 1/2 spoon 
  16. Mustard seeds - 1/4 spoon 
  17. Salt - As per taste
  18. Oil - 10 to 15 spoons 
For washing the lamb intestines
  1. Warm water 
  2. Salt - 1 spoon
  3. Turmeric powder - 1/2 spoon
  4. Lemon - 1/2 of a lemon 

PREPARATION METHOD

  • Soak the intestines in warm water mixed with lemon, salt and turmeric powder for 10 minutes. Then wash it 3-4 times with normal water and set aside.
  • In a pressure cooker add the following and pressure cook for 15 minutes on a low flame and set aside. 
(Pressure cook)
1. Lamb Intestine/Aatu Kudal - 1.5 kg (1500 grams) 
2. Turmeric powder - 1/4 spoon 
3. Salt - As per taste 
4. Water - 2 cups 

  • Meanwhile make a fine paste of the following ingredients and set aside;
(Fine coconut paste)
1. Coconut - 3/4th of a coconut
2. Ginger - 1 inch long piece
3. Garlic pods - 2
4. Cumin seeds - 1/2 spoon 
5. Fennel seeds - 1/2 spoon
6. Cinnamon stick - 1 small piece 
  • Open the pressure cooker after the pressure gets released and check whether the lamb intestine has got coked well. If its still tough it must be cooked for another 5 minutes. If not you can proceed to the next step. 
  • Take a big pan add oil and let it heat, then add mustard and let it splutter, now add one cinnamon stick, star anise, curry leaves saute for a few seconds, then add onions and saute well until it turns slightly brownish. 
  • Then add the cooked intestine and cubed plantains/valakkai into it along with the excess water (from cooker) and stir well. 
  • Now add the fine coconut paste, red chilli powder, coriander powder stir well.
  • Check for salt and add if necessary, also add water to adjust gravy consistency according to your requirement.
  • Let the gravy boil well for 10 minutes (on low flame) or until the oil separates and peeps out from the gravy. 
  • Remove from flame and serve!! 

TIP 1: Clean the intestines well before using it. Washing as I said will help to get rid of the smell from them. 

TIP 2: Add coconut milk instead of coconut if you wish. If you are going to add coconut milk just avoid coconut while making the fine masala paste . Then pour the coconut milk after adding the paste into the gravy.  

TIP 3: You can also add all the ingredients to the cooked lamb intestine and finally temper the gravy, both ways it will taste the same.

TIP 4: It has a lot of fat and so it will be difficult to digest, we usually have rasam rice after having this curry. Its best to have rasam as it helps ease digestion. Click here for rasam recipe. 



Delicious and traditional Aatu Kudal Kulambu / Lamb Intestine Curry is now ready!! Serve with Hot rice and enjoy!!



Linking my recipe to Anu's "South Indian Cooking" (SIC) Series Event #1 




and Priya snd Jagruti's Olympic game event.




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37 comments:

  1. That curry looks appetizing ! Love the vibrant color of that dish :D

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  2. Never had intestine curry.Looks very yumm!

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    1. Try it out sometime am sure you will like it :)

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  3. the curry looks very dellicious, thanks for sending it to my event and using the logo

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    1. Thanks dear :) Its my pleasure to participate in the event!!

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  4. awesome.curry looks so delicious and mouthwatering..
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  5. Irresistible one. Very gorgeous clicks!

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  6. This curry looks delicious! I love the color, yum!

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  7. Hi Divya,

    I'm Droooooling here :)

    My fav one :)

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  9. Iam a non vegeteraian , but never had something like this. amazing clicks

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  10. my fav curry.. i like all the variations of boaty curry..

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    1. My favorite too Preethi :)

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  11. Never tasted but love to...

    Event: Dish name starts with N

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    1. Try it out once,Am sure you'll like it Akila :)

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  12. Drooling here...My fav but never tried at home...Awesome with rice!

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  13. If you want to know about the rarest Mouth Watering recipes.Do check this blog.And do join this blog as a member.To get the updates.
    You can ask for your favorite recipe.And suggest something good which you want to cook at your home.
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  14. My pleasure..Thanks for visiting and for leaving a note :)

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  15. Hi, what happens if we use just 250gms of intestine.what are the spices to be altered (in terms of quantity) 0

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  16. What happens if we is just 250gms of intestine.can we use the same amount of spices or which are the ones to be reduced (in terms of qty)

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    1. Hi, you will have to definitely reduce all the spices added here, I have added ingredients in terms of tablespoon, you can reduce the spices accordingly.

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