Preparation Time – 10 minutes

Recipes Cuisine – South Indian

Cooking Time – 20 – 25 minutes

Ingredients:

Onion (large) – 1 (chopped finely)

Shallots – 2 nos (cut it into half)

Tomato (large) – 1 (chopped finely)

Garlic – ½ cup (cut it into half)

Turmeric powder – 1 tsp

Red chili powder – 2 tsp (add to your taste)

Coriander powder – 2 tsp

Tamarind – small ball size (soaked into water)

Salt to taste

Tempering:

Gingelly Oil / til oil / sesame oil – 2 tbsp

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Cumin seeds / jeera – 1 tsp

Pepper corns – ½ tsp

Fennel seeds – ½ tsp

Ginger – ½ tsp finely chopped

curry leaves – 1 strand

Method:

• Heat oil on low flame add shallots and garlic fry until brown. After frying remove it.

• In the same pan, add mustard seeds after it gets spluttering, add cumin, fennel seeds, pepper corns and curry leaves sauté it for a minute.

• Now add finely chopped onion, ginger chopped and sauté until it turns to pink color & tender.

• After that add red chili powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder, sauté it for 2 minutes till the raw flavor goes off.

• Now add finely chopped tomatoes and cook until woes out its moisture (looks like mushy).

• Now add the fried garlic, shallots, tamarind extract and add generous amount of water.

• Cover it with lid & cook it for 15 minutes on medium flame, once the oil float on the top switch of the flame.

• Garnish it with gingelly oil and cilantro.

• Serve it hot and enjoy it with steamed rice & pappad, dosa, idly etc.