Those who love coconut as ingredient will love Kuruma as the base for this dish is grated coconut or coconut milk.
We eat Kuruma (made during for lunch) mixed with steamed rice. Kuruma also works good as a side dish for Briyani. Kuruma is also made for breakfast as a side dish for Idly, Dosai, Chappathi. Kuruma is made as side dish for dinner item - Parotta.
Kuruma looks like one of the curries the world has seen. In that aspect we can call this as Vegetable Curry.
There is also non-vegetarian version of Kuruma. Depending on the ingredient it is called Chicken Kuruma or Mutton Kuruma.
There are plenty of Kuruma recipes. The taste changes depending on the vegetables we add as ingredients. Here we will show case a standard Kuruma recipe using (mixed vegetables), which any one can quickly master.
[Instead of mixed vegetables you can try to make Kuruma with Chick pea or Green peasas main ingredient]
Vegetarian side dish: Potato fry, Plantain fry. If no vegetable is available just pickle will be great combo for any Kurumas. Also appalam or vathal is a good combination.
Leftover tips:
If Kuruma made for lunch is leftover, that can be used as side dish for Idly or Dosai for dinner. This not only saves time for making side dish for dinner but also it makes a delicious side dish. Kuruma also works as a great side dish for Chappathi or Parotta. Some times Kuruma made for breakfast can be used as main dish for lunch and had with steamed rice.
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