Melagu kuzambu

Ingredients : [For frying in oil & powder]

  
Broken black gram - 3 tbl sp
Pepper Corns - 1 tbl sp
Red chilli - 5 to 6
Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - little [To sprinkle].

Fry these in oil till the black gram dal is golden & then make powder in mixer & keep aside.

Other Ingredients :

Sundaikai vatral - 10
Tamarind paste -2 tbl sp
Turmeric powder -1/4 sp
Salt - as required
Asafoetida - 1/4 sp
Curry leaves - little [To sprinkle].

Method :

Keep one vessel on the gas, pour 2 sp of ghee & add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, sundakai vatral & curry leaves. When mustard seeds are spullted & sundakai becomes brown in colour extract the tamarind paste & the powdered masala with required water. Add salt, turmeric powder, asafoetida, curry leaves & boil well till the quantity is reduced & the gravy is thickened. Serve with hot rice, roasted or fried papads & roasted curry or other varieties of side dishes. You can keep this for 1 week in fridge.