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    Home » Recipe Index » Vegetarian

    Published: Jan 25, 2016 · Modified: Dec 17, 2024 by Jane Jojo

    Moru Kachiyathu / Kachiya Moru / Seasoned Buttermilk without coconut

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    Buttermilk seasoned with shallots, ginger and spices. This is a very easy and yummy curry which can be made in no time.  It is a must side dish with rice at any house in Kerala 🙂

    Moru Kachiyathu / Kachiya Moru / Seasoned Buttermilk without coconut

    Jane Jojo
    Buttermilk seasoned with shallots, ginger and spices. This is a very easy and yummy curry which can be made in no time.  It is a must side dish with rice at any house in Kerala.
    3.45 from 9 votes
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    Prep Time 5 minutes mins
    Cook Time 10 minutes mins
    Total Time 15 minutes mins
    Course Side Dish
    Cuisine kerala
    Servings 4 serving
    Calories 32 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 2 cups Indian Curd (Yogurt)
    • ¼ teaspoon mustard seed
    • 5 Dried Red Chilly
    • 1 sprig curry leaves
    • 6 Shallots (Small Onion)
    • ½ tablespoon ginger (chopped)
    • ½ teaspoon garlic (chopped)
    • ¼ teaspoon fenugreek powder
    • ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
    • ½ teaspoon chilli powder
    • coconut oil

    Instructions
     

    • Prepare buttermilk - Mix curd and water in a mixi using pulse mode.  Water quantity depends on the thickness of the curd and the consistency of moru curry that you need. For the set curd or thick curd of 2 cups, you might need around ½ cup water. It's the best if yogurt has sour taste.
    • Thinly slice shallots. Chop ginger and garlic into small pieces.
    • Heat oil in pan. Splutter mustard seeds. Following that, add dried red chilli and then curry leaves.
    • Add chopped shallots, ginger and garlic.
    • Once it's sauteed, add fenugreek powder, turmeric powder and chilli powder. Mix well and saute for a minute. Add oil if needed.
    • Reduce the flame to the lowest. And then add prepared buttermilk.  Add sufficient salt. Stir it well.  ** On a high or even medium flame, buttermilk can get curdled. Also, make sure that buttermilk is at room temperature.
    • Buttermilk has to just get heated. Do not allow it to boil. Stir it in between. It might take around 5 minutes.
    • Serve it with rice 🙂

    Notes

    - Incase, if buttermilk is cold, switch off the pan after preparing the seasoning. Let it rest for couple of minutes to reduce down the heat and then add buttermilk. Switch on the flame and keep it at the lowest.
    Coconut oil tastes the best for this recipe. You can replace coconut oil with sunflower oil / vegetable oil if needed.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 264gCalories: 32kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 1gFat: 0.2gSaturated Fat: 0.03gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.1gSodium: 7mgPotassium: 144mgFiber: 1gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 64IUVitamin C: 14mgCalcium: 19mgIron: 1mg
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    Comments

    1. Avatar for Sujitha_Nair Sujitha_Nair says:
      January 25, 2016

      all time favorite

    2. Avatar for JaneJojo JaneJojo says:
      January 25, 2016

      Yes Suji, mine too. Especially with brown rice :)

    3. Avatar for indugetscooking indugetscooking says:
      January 26, 2016

      must side dish when I eat rice!

    4. Avatar for JaneJojo JaneJojo says:
      January 26, 2016

      I totally agree, Indu :)

    5. Avatar for Elza_Sujo Elza_Sujo says:
      January 26, 2016

      The dish which I regularly prepare and the demand for it never goes down in my fmly!

    6. Avatar for JaneJojo JaneJojo says:
      January 26, 2016

      Perfect Malayalee :)

    7. Avatar for Nikitha Nikitha says:
      October 9, 2017

      just now tried it out and turned out very very yummy....thank u so much <3

    8. Avatar for JaneJojo JaneJojo says:
      October 13, 2017

      Thanks for trying it out, Nikitha! Happy to hear that you liked it.

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