{"id":866,"date":"2026-05-12T14:32:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friszon.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=866"},"modified":"2026-05-13T12:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:15:20","slug":"vathal-kuzhambu-ready-mix","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/friszon.com\/?product=vathal-kuzhambu-ready-mix","title":{"rendered":"Vathal Kuzhambu Ready Mix (100g)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The tangy Tamil gravy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Vathal kuzhambu is one of the most distinctive gravies in Tamil cooking \u2014 a thick, tamarind-based gravy with a deep, sour complexity that no other dish quite replicates. Traditionally it takes time: tempering mustard and curry leaves in oil, reducing the tamarind, building the base layer by layer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">This ready mix is that base, already built. Heat oil in a kadai, saut\u00e9 your onions and your choice of vathal or vegetable, stir in the mix with water, and boil for 7\u20138 minutes. That&#8217;s it. The tamarind, the spices, the roasted dal \u2014 all inside the pouch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The vathal is yours to choose. Sundakkai (turkey berry), drumstick, brinjal, garlic \u2014 whatever your household uses. The mix doesn&#8217;t prescribe it. Hand-roasted in 5\u20137 kg small batches in T.Nagar, Chennai, and shipped within 10 days of roasting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tangy Tamil gravy. Vathal kuzhambu is one of the most distinctive gravies in Tamil cooking \u2014 a thick, tamarind-based gravy with a deep, sour complexity that no other dish quite replicates. Traditionally it takes time: tempering mustard and curry leaves in oil, reducing the tamarind, building the base layer by layer. This ready mix [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[49],"product_tag":[45,46,50,51,48,47],"class_list":["post-866","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-ready-mixes","product_tag-hand-roasted-ingredients","product_tag-kitchen-made-in-chennai","product_tag-mild-spice","product_tag-no-additives","product_tag-no-bulk-manufacturing","product_tag-prepared-in-small-batches","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friszon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friszon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friszon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friszon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friszon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friszon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friszon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=866"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friszon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=866"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friszon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}