Ingredientes
- lemon size tamarind soaked in about a cup of water
- pearl onions/shallots peeled
- 2 dried red chilli pods
- 1½ tspn sambar powder
- 1½ tspn rice flour mixed
- with a little water for thickening
- salt to taste
- mustard, chana dal, curry leaves for seasoning
- a pinch asafoetida
- 2 tbspn oil
Preparação
- Warm oil. Season with mustard , chana dal and curry
- powder. Saute peeled onions till translucent. Add
- squeezed out extract of tamarind. Throw the sambar
- powder, salt and asafoetida in. Let simmer till onions are
- cooked. Add dissolved rice flour water for thickening. Stir
- and wait till it simmers again a couple of minutes.
- Remove
- Variations:
- Tomatoes with chick peas makes a delicious vatha
- kozhambu. Add some slit green chillies if you would like
- to spike it up. Other suggestions are diced sweet potato,
- diced butternut squash, daikon (chinese radish),
- drumsticks (available fresh in Indian stores or canned,
- pre-cooked) all on their own.
