Here is a Majjige huli recipe in simple steps. Kumbalakai majjige huli is a tasty recipe made with ash gourd / winter melon.
Majjige Huli is a simple, tasty and popular dish of Karnataka. ‘Majjige huli’ means ‘butter milk sambar’. Basically it is a yogurt based recipe. This recipe is prepared with highly nutritious pranic food ash gourd / Boodu gumbala kayi. Most important thing is, this is one such recipe that is made often during festivals, especially in malnad regions of Karnataka.
Further, it is a side dish goes well with hot steamed rice. It is easy to make and tastes delicious. Moreover it can also be made with other vegetables like yam, yellow cucumber, beans, tindora etc. Here I have prepared majjige huli in malnad style. Because, it is a famous recipe in malnad, kundapura and udupi region of Karnataka.
Even more it is a mild type of sambar recipe with unique coconut masala. So majjige huli is a kids friendly recipe, as it is not much spicy. The aroma of coconut oil tempering gives amazing flavor to majjige huli.
Finally, along with this majjige huli, try our other recipes too.
- Avial recipe
- Beetroot Sambar
- Mangalore cucumber sambar/Mangalore southekayi sambar
- Easy brinjal sambar
Here is a detailed video of majjige huli recipe
Majjige Huli Recipe Video
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Ingredients
- 2 cups ash gourd(boodu kumbalakayi) chopped
- 1 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup grated coconut
- 1 tbsp rice soaked for 5 mins
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp mustard
- 4 to 6 black pepper
- 1/2 green chilli slit
- 8 to 10 curry leaves
- 1/2 cup yogurt
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 2 cups water
Instructions
- In a heating pot add chopped ash gourd, 1.5 cups of water, slit green chilli, curry leaves. Bring to boil for 5 to 8 min till ash gourd gets cooked.
- Add grated cocont, soaked rice, cumin, black pepper and little water to a blender and make a fine paste
- Now add this coconut paste to boiling ash gourd, mix well and cook for 5 mins
- Lower the flame and add yogurt, mix well and turn of the heat
- For tampering add coconut oil, mustard, cumin and curry leaves
- Add this tampring to majjige huli and mix well
- Enjoy ash gourd majjige huli with rice
