MILAGU KUZHAMBU

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This is one of my favourite dish and got the recipe from my mother in law. Ideal for winter season and a good medicine for common cold.


Level: Easy
Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 20 min

Ingredients
Tamarind: small lemon sized
Salt: 1/2 tsp
Sesame Oil: 1 tablespoon
Curry leaves: 1 sprig
Mustard seeds: 1 tsp
Urad dal: 1/2 tsp


To fry and grind
Oil: 1 tsp
Urad dhal: 1 teaspoon
Bengal gram dhal: 1 tsp
Cumin seeds: 1/2 tsp
Coriander seeds: 2 tsp
Milagu/Pepper: 1 tsp
Red Chilli: 1 or 2
Asafeotida: 1 pinch
Curry leaves: few leaves



Procedure:
Step1:
Soak the tamarind in 1 cup of water of warm water


Step2
Heat 1 tsp of oil and fry the red chillies, pepper, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, urad dhal and bengal gram dhal. Add the curry leaves and asafoetida as well.

Once it cools grind it to a powder

Step3:
Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a kadai and and add mustard seeds.Once it starts spluttering add the curry leaves 


Step4:
Now add the tamarind extract,salt and the powdered pepper mix

Step5:
Bring it a boil and cook in a medium heat for 10-15 min until the gravy becomes thick

Step6:
Serve with Paruppu thuvayal