Nellikai Arachukalakki
Arachukalakki is a distinctive dish of Palakkad Iyers. This is a best side dish for molagushyam, mulagootal. You can also have this as a main course. It is an easy recipe consisting of two steps - grinding and mixing. Hence the name arachukalakki (Arachu-grind, kalakki - mix). Coconut and curd are the two main ingredients. You can also make this by adding chambakka(rose apple) or without any of these.Check my recipes for Thakkali Carrot thayir pachadi Mambazha pachadi Apple raita Chakka Puzhukku Pulikuthi Upperi
Equipment
- Mixie
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp Grated Coconut
- 2 ladle Sour curd
- 1 no Green Chillies
- 1 no Gooseberry
- To taste Salt to taste
For Seasoning
- 1 tsp Urad dhal
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
- few Curry Leaves
- 1 tsp Coconut oil
Instructions
- Grind the grated coconut, green chillies, gooseberry with salt. Transfer it to a vessel.
- In a kadai, splutter mustard seeds. Once they crack, add urad dhal and curry leaves.
- After the urad dhal turns brown, turn off the stove and pour this into coconut green chilli mixture.
- A minute before serving, add the curd.
- If you add this before, it will become sour.
- The gravy should neither be too watery nor too thick.
- You can just mix this with rice and have it with papad or some dry sabzi. Or you can also serve it as a side dish for molagootal.