Ingredients

Small onions : 1/2 cup
Garlic : 1/2 cup
Tomato : 3
Tamarind : 1 ball

 To grind

Dried red chilli : 6
black gram dal : 1 tbsp
Peppercorns : 2 tsp
Cumin : 2 tsp
Asafoetida : 1 piece
Grated coconut : 3 tbsp
Curry leaves : 2 handfuls
Oil : 1 tbsp

 For seasoning

Mustard : 1/2 tsp
Black gram dal : 1/2 tsp
Oil : 2 tbsp

Method

Add 2 cups of water to tamarind, extract, strain and set aside.
Heat 1 tbsp oil in a frying pan add all the items to be ground and fry.
Add onion, tomato, garlic and fry.
Remove from stove.
Grind it when cool.
Mix this with tamarind extract and salt.
Heat oil in a frying pan, add mustard and black gram dal.
When mustard splutters add the tamarind mix and let it boil well.
Remove from stove.



This recipe is taken from the book "Kuzhambu Vagaigal" by Revathi Shanmugam published by Kannadhasan Pathippagam