Garlic [ pundu kuzhambu ]

Ingredients :

• Garlic - 2 [ full ]
• Small onions - 1 / 2 cup [ peeled ]
• Black pepper - 1 sp
• Sambhar powder - 1 1 / 2 sp
• Tamarind paste - 1 table spoon
• Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 sp
• Jaggery - as per taste
• Ghee - 1sp
• For seasoning:

• Fenugreek seeds - 1 / 2 sp
• Mustard seeds - 1 sp
• Asafoetida - 1 / 4 sp
• curry leaves - little

Grind coarsely :

• Tomatoes - 2 [ red ]
• Big onion - 1 [ or smalled onion 8 ]

Method :
Separate garlic into flakes and peel. Mix tamarind paste into 3 cups of water. Then fry pepper in little ghee and crush coarsely. Then take one deep bottom vessel, add seasonings, garlic, small onions, and crushed pepper. Fry for 3 mints, add sambhar powder, salt, grounded  masala and fry for 5 mints in low flame. Then add tamarind water,turmeric, jaggery and boil for 10 mints, till oil floats.Garnish with curry leaves. Serve hot with ghee rice or curd rice.

Variations :Add sliced brinjal or ladies finger instead of garlic.