Chetti Nadu Puli Kuzambu

Ingredients :

• Ladies finger - 50 gms [ cut into 1/2 inch pieces ]
• Small onions - 1/2 cup [ peeled ]
• [ you can take choice of vegetables ]
• Tamarind - lemon size [ extract the pulp ]
• Red chilli powder - 2 tsp
• Salt - as required
• Dhanya powder - 1 tsp
• Asafoetida - 1 / 4 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/ 2 tsp
• Jaggery - little

Grind together :

• Dhanya - 1 tsp
• Jeera - 1/2 tsp
• Bengal gram dal - 1 tsp
• Raw rice 1/2 tsp

 [ fry all these ingredients in kadai without oil tll nice aroma comes.Then make powder in mixer and keep aside. ]


For seasoning :

Til oil - 1 tbl. sps.
Ghee - 1 tbl. sps.
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Channa dal - 1 tsp
Methi seeds - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves - little

Method :

Take one deep bottom kadai. Heat oil and ghee together, add the ingredients given in order. When channa dal is golden in colour  and the mustard seeds pop add onion, ladies finger and fry for 5 minutes. Then add the extracted pulp,salt, turmeric, dhanya powder, red chilli powder, jaggery, asafoetida and boil well till it is of reduced to 1/4 of the quantity. Then add the ground masala and boil for another 10 minutes. If necessary add little water. When he kuzambu gets ready remove from the gas. Garnish with curry leaves. Serve with hot rice, papads, wafers, kootu or roasted curry.