Kathirikai Murungakai Puli Kuzhambu

Ingredients:

   Kathirikai Murungakai Puli Kuzhambu            
      Cooking Time : 30 mins

• Brinjal - 6
• Drumstick - 1
• Small Onion - 12
• Garlic - 6 cloves
• Tomato - 1
• Tamarind Pulp - 1 cup
• Sambar powder - 1 tbsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
• Fenugreek Powder - 1/4 tsp
• Rice flour - 1 tsp (Optional)

      For Tempering:

• Red chilly - 2
• Curry leaves - a sprig
• Hing - 1/4 tsp
• Vadagam - 1 tsp (Or)
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Urad dal - 1/2 tsp
• Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Gingelly oil - 3 tbsp

Cooking Instructions:

• Heat oil in a kadai, add vadagam, red chilly, hing, curry leaves and allow it to splutter. Add Garlic and onion, saute till color changes.

• Add the vegetables and saute till it turn soft. Then add tomato, salt, fenugreek powder and sambar powder. Saute nicely till raw flavour goes.

• Once the vegetables cooked well, add tamarind pulp. Allow it to boil, Cook till it thickens and oil oozes out. (Add rice flour to thicken if needed. Rice flour + water mixture.)

• Serve with hot white rice and papad.