Thanjavur Mor Milagai (sun dried Chilies) vathal
Moor Milagai (sun dried Chillies) is one of the classic condiments which is very popular in South Indian Cusine. Amma is an expert in making all kind of condiments. Since she has been preparing this for the past 35 years on every summer.Here I am sharing the exact measures as she told and followed her method carefully.Let me share the recipe with you all.
Ingredients:
30 green chillies
2 cups curd,preferably sour
1 tsp fenugreek seeds
1/3 cup water
1 tbsp Salt
Method:
- Wash the green chillies properly.Slightly cut in the middle or at the end of the chillies, not fully.This will let the chillies to absorb the curd. No need to cut trim the head of chillies let it be.
- Soak the fenugreek seeds(methi seed) whole night and then grind it into smooth paste by adding water
- Whip the curd and get a thick buttermilk (along with the butter). Add salt to the curd and the grinded fenugreek seed paste ,mix well.
- Drop the chillies and mix well with the curd mix and make sure that the chillies coated well in curd mix.keep it aside for the whole day.
- Next day morning drain the curd and spread only the chillies in a clean cloth and let it in the hot sun for the whole day.Reserve the curd in the fridge.
- Same day evening take out the chillies from the cloth and again drop the chillies in the reserved curd and let it to soak for the whole night.
- Next day morning dry it out again in a cloth.I kept it in hot sun for four days.If the chillies are completely dry in second day itself then you can remove it from the sun and store it in a air tight container.
How to Consume it???
- When ever require take little quantity of dried chillies and deep fry it in oil and serve.You can also store the deep fried dried chillies in bottles for about 2-3 days.
Mor millagai goes well with curd rice ,but i love to have it with full meals
Variations:
- Use the home made Curd for the preparation because we will get the thick curd with much cream/butter in it, which will reduce the heat of the chillies.
- You can try this with other varieties of chillies also ,the fat and short chillies are very good for making this.
Make your own condiments and say bye!! bye!! to store ones
Have a nice day!!!
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love them…I hv this in my drafts tooo
Dried chillies looks so tempting..love to eat with curd rice.
Lovely post prema…nice..love them with curd rice..
Bookmarked..
I prepare it quite similar.. but without fenugreek.. lovely clicks… 🙂
hhhmmm moor milagai …. loved the last click with curd rice….
Never used to prepare at home.. Just will buy from market… Going to try this surely… Bookmarked Prema…
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love them too Prema …looks so gud …
This is utterly tempting…One of my TOP favs, thank u for this recipe, now can make it at home 🙂
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my hubby loves this…have dried mine , will post soon…lovely clicks
Moor milagai looks hot & crispy….:-)
Hi Prema, this one is mine and my hubby’s fav one. Whenever we were invited in South Indian Friend’s home, we just asked about it. You made it wonderfully. I must try this one very soon dear. Bookmarked.
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looks mouthwatering…just delicious!
My moms this one every year. Nicely done and adikara veyillukku nalla dry aagum
mouthwatering and tempting clicks,
Love this one…My Mil prepares it every year…Mooru milagai and curd rice is just too good
Usually my mom makes this every year and she pack a huge bag for me definitely,so obviously i never tried my hands in making these moor milagai,thanks Prema for sharing,am bookmarking this page for further use.
Love this moor milagai, I have some left from my India try.
My mouth is watering looking at the mor molaga. I used to love what my sister in law’s mother used to make. It reminds me of that.
wonderful post… looks delicious…
I’m very impressed with this post, Prema, thi sis so useful! And so original, never thought that curd is used for sun drying technique, thank u for sharing and thanks to your mom:-)
love this,I made it in the microwave sometime back..this looks delicious with curd rice:)
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Premalatha i m huge pile of lazy bones who has never lifted a finger to make vathal or urugai but your pics have inspired me so much i bought half a kg of chilies today to make mor milagai!
Looks great Prema, I can eat a bowl full of curd rice of dal rice with these beauties.
omg..abs amma do d same process..n its super fav in spicy sec.love dis vth curd rice n tvh dal too..she sent 2 packets last yr…urs luking abs perfect..
Wow, i can have a plateful of rice with this.. my fav 🙂
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Perfect moor milagai dear!!! Awesome preparation…I love it with some sambhar 🙂