Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Garlic in yogurt sauce!

This is not any fancy Italian dish! Beluli thambli is common in Karnataka. It's made from garlic and yogurt and is usually a side dish (just like palya/porial/gojju) and is eaten with rice. It takes less than 10 mins to prepare and is very healthy (according to my mom!). Since this is going to Mahima's 15 mins cooking, I am not going to waste time with my non-stop yada yada..

Beluli Thambli:

2 garlic cloves
1.5 tsp jeera
2 tbsp coconut
1-2 dried red chillies ( I use something called North Indian chillie its spicy as hell. If you are using byadgi or something else you can increase the quantity)
1 cup yogurt

Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan. Add the garlic and saute till it turns golden. Now add the red chillie and jeera saute till it changes colour. Cool and blend the above with coconut and 1/4 cup yogurt to a fine paste. Add the remaining yogurt and salt. Mix well. You can do a tadka if you wish, I usually don't - did it just this one time!

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Since I am anti-rice, I drink this just like that, it is cool (due to the yogurt) and garlicky!

PS- my kannada is kinda wierd, I write like how I speak- the spellings of thambli and beluli might be different!!

19 comments:

  1. Tats a side dish which can be donw in a jiffy...What do u do to ur pics?! They are too gud. Miss ur yada yada hilarious posts:)

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  2. Looking lovely..I love garlic flavoured dishes...Will give a try sometime..

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  3. ..and I thought you were speaking in malayalam..Beluli by any other name is garlic in mallu land too...

    That's an awesome dish for lazy ppl like me..and the tip you gave abt the spicy chilli is giving me great ideas...

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  4. Nice one SJ...am a big belluli fan !! And yes, pls share some secrets of your pics...its thambli in konkani too...nice and simple one...

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  5. wow i am learning so many new recipes everyday!!

    good one.

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  6. I;m doing this now for lunch along with Nags' ennegai :D

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  7. This is an interesting dish and it sounds awesome. Would love to try this as I love yogurt.

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  8. any kind of tambli is welcomed with a smile at our home. lovely picture & thanks for the tambli recipe

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  9. a bit like chutney, a bit like pachadi, but totally new to me! and yeah, what DO you do to your pictures? :D

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  10. simple and yummy :)
    love the picture!

    - Indhu (www.thayirsaadham.com)

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  11. Never had belluli tambli before. Sounds super delicious!

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  12. that's an awesome dish and amazing clicks!

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  13. yeah yeah share the secrets of your pics...want to try my hand at food photography too...my neighbour has passed a restriction order on me from taking her garden photographs :(

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  14. love this recipe. I have never had it, and will try it:-)

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  15. Your pics are FANTASTIC! :D

    I add garlic to anything and everything! This thambli (pachadi to me) sounds good.

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  16. i love curds in all forms...would try this one for sure n i think it would taste great with bean curd too.

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  17. SJ, finally made this bookmarked recipe today...Tasted soo gud, thanks for such a simple yet tasty recipe! Will post the pic soon!

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  18. Have finally posted it SJ :)
    http://sharmis-passions.blogspot.com/2010/01/garlic-yogurt-sauce-beluli-thambli.html

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