Simple and easy, tasty vatha kuzhambu

Ingredients :

• Sambhar onion [ small onion ] - 1 cup [ peeled ]
• Tamarind paste - 1 table spoon
• Salt - as per taste
• Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 sp
• Red chillie powder - 1 sp
• Jaggery - 1/ 2 sp
• Curry leaves - little
• Mustard seeds - 1 sp
• Seasame oil [ til oil ] - 2 to 3 table sp

For grinding :

• Big onion [ medium size ] - 3 [ cut into big cubes ]
• Red tomatoes - 3 [ small in size ] [ cut into big pieces ]
• Fenugreek seeds [ vendayam ] - 1 / 2 sp
• Sambhar powder - 1 1 / 2 sp

{ fry all these ingredients in 1 sp of oil and grind in mixer, to a  fine paste. ]


Method :

Take one deep bottom vessel or kadai. Keep on the gas, pour 2 table spoons of oil to that add mustard seeds, along with curry leaves. When it spultered add small onions to that, fry for 5 mints, then add tamarind paste to that. Mix well and pour enough water, salt, turmeric, red chillie powder, jaggery and allow to boil for 10 mints. When the onion becomes soft mix the ground masala to that, and cheak the salt. Boil in lower flame.When the kuzhambu gets ready remove from the gas. Serve with steamed rice,  fried potato curry  and papad.