THATTAI PAYIR THIRATTAL

Ingredients:

Thattai payiru[karamani payiru]- 1 cup
Sambar podi- 2 tsp[heaped]
Turmeric powder- half sp
Tamarind- a lime size
Salt to taste
Sambar onions- 20[cut into half]
Finely chopped tomato- half cup
Gingelly oil- 4 tbsp
Keerai thandu pieces- 1 cup

For tempering:

Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds- 1 tsp
Asafoetida- a small piece
Cummin seeds- half sp
Red chillies-4
Curry leaves- a few
Split black gram- 1 tsp

Procedure:

Soak the tamarind in a cup of hot water for an hour and extract its juice.
Fry the karamani in a dry pan until a fine aroma floats on air.
Soak it in hot water for 5 hours.
Heat a pan and pour the oil.
Add all the ingredients for the tempering.
Fry them for a few seconds.
Then add the onions with the tomatoes and the turmeric powder.
Fry them until they are mashed well.
Add the tamarind extract with the vegetable, karamani, salt, enough water and the sambar powder.
Boil it until the vegetable is cooked and the kuzhambu is thickened.
Pour a tsp of oil on it and put off the fire.