Garlic_Curry leaves_curry (kariveppilai poondu kuzhambu)

Ingredients:
Garlic - 15 nos
Curry leaves - 1/2 cup
Onion - 2 nos (or) Small onion - 15 nos
Tomato - 2 nos
Red chili - 2 nos
Green Chili slit - 2 nos
G & G Paste - 1 tsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Funnel seeds - 1 tsp
Asafetida – pinch
Tamarind - 1 lemon size
Chilli powder - 2 tsp
Coriander powder - 3 tsp
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Oil - 1 tbsp
Salt to taste

Method:
* Soak the tamarind in one cup of hot water (Don't add more than 1 cup of water, becoz it should be thick gravy) and extract thick pulp and keep it aside.
* Fry curry leaves in little oil and grind it as a paste and keep it aside.
* Grind tomatoes as paste and keep it aside.
* Heat oil in a pan/kadai, splutter mustard seeds, urad dal,curry leaves,red chili,Funnel seeds,asafetida and Fry it for a while.
* Now add onion and fry it well. Then add G & G paste, fry it until raw smell is gone.
* Add Garlic piece and fry it for 3 min.
* Now add tomato paste and fry it for 4 min and then add Curry leaves paste. Let it cook for 3 min.
* Add chili powder,coriander powder, turmeric powder,salt and Green chili. Fry it until raw smell is gone. Let it cook for 5 min.
* Add Tamarind water (Should be thick) and let it boil for 10 min in low flame.
* Once it's turn thick gravy, add coriander leaves and serve it hot.

Note: It goes well with Rice,Dosa,Idly,Appam,Idiyappam and Pongal.:)



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