Trinelveli sodhi kolumbu

Trinelveli is not only famous for halwa , it is also famous for this sodhi kolumbu. this dish generally any vegetable curry or chicken fry. the sodhi kolumbu is suppossed to be a fatty and heavy  food, ginger pachadi is usually made as a combination for this.


Ingredients :

Coconut milk  1 ( milk tken first with coconut and hot water)
                      2 ( milk extracted with excess water )
                      3 (thin milk taken at last)
vegetables  ( potatoes, drumstick, carrots ) 1 cup
greenchillies 2 to 3
ginger           small piece
moong dal ( paasi paruppu) 1 cup

Method :

pressure cook the dal and keep aside.heat the kadai and boil the vegetables along with greenchillies in the 3rd coconut milk. after the vegetables get cooked add the moong dal (mash the dal) and mix it well. now add the salt and 2nd milk and bring to boil. make ginger paste and extract the fluid out of it. now add the ginger fluid and the 1st milk. keep it on low flame for 5 mins and remove. season the cumin seeds and mustard along with curry leaves in oil and add to the gravy.

Nutritional facts ;
The richer coconut milk is high in fat and calories, having almost  as many calories as whole milk. The effect of the fat content of this type of coconut milk on the human body is still being being evaluated.