Appalam vathal kuzhambu

   
               Papad in tamarind sauce. This is rare unusual combination for a recipe. But very easy to prepare and very tasty also.

Ingredients :

• Medium sized appalam or papads - 2 to 3 [ make in to small pieces ]
• Small sambhar onions - 1 / 2 cup
• Tamarind paste - 2 table spoon
• Sambhar powder - 2 tsp
• Salt - as required
• Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 tsp
• Asafoetida -1 / 4 sp
• Jaggery - little
• Curry leaves - little
• Seasame oil - 5 table spoon

For the seasoning :
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Bengal gram dhal - 1 / 2 tsp
Fenugreek seeds - 1 / 4 tsp

Method :

Tear the appalam into pieces. Take a deep bottom kadai, heat seasame oil and pop the mustard seeds. Add the methi seeds, and dhal and roast till it become golden brown in colour. Then add onions, appalam pieces and stir until they puff up. Add required water, tamarind paste, sambhar powder, salt, turmeric, jaggery, and asafoetida. Mix well and close with lid, and allow to boil for for 15 mintues in lower flame till the kuzhambu become thick. Remove from the gas and garnish with curry leaves. Serve hot with steamed rice. The kuzhambu can be stored in the fridge and used for few days.