Agase Tambuli

Cuisine: Karnataka Category: Lunch Prep: 15 min Cook: 25 min Serves: 4 Difficulty: Easy 🌿 Vegetarian

Classic Karnataka lunch — agase tambuli made with drumstick flower yogurt.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Prepare dill leaves: Wash a large bunch of fresh dill (sabsige soppu). Strip the feathery leaves from the stems.
  2. Whisk yogurt: Whisk 2 cups thick fresh yogurt until completely smooth.
  3. Prepare agase tambuli: Blend 1 cup fresh dill leaves, 3 tbsp fresh grated coconut, 2 green chillies and a pinch of cumin with a little water to a smooth green paste.
  4. Mix into yogurt: Add the dill-coconut paste to the whisked yogurt. Mix well.
  5. Season: Add salt. Mix gently.
  6. Taste: Agase tambuli should be refreshingly herby and cooling with a distinct dill aroma.
  7. Make tempering: Heat 1 tbsp coconut oil. Add 1 tsp mustard seeds — when they pop add half tsp urad dal and fry golden.
  8. Add aromatics: Add 1 dried red chilli and 1 sprig curry leaves. Fry 20 seconds.
  9. Pour tempering: Pour sizzling tempering over the tambuli. Stir gently.
  10. Serve: Tambuli should be served at room temperature or slightly chilled. Agase tambuli is a traditional Karnataka yogurt-herb dish from the Udupi region. Serve with steamed rice.

Recipe from samaiyal.com — Authentic Indian Recipes