Poondu Kuzhambu

Ingredients:

Garlic (Poondu) - 8 cloves cut into thin pieces

Onion - 1 chopped
Tomato - 1/2 chopped
Red chilly - 1
Coriander pdr - 1 tsp
Red chilly pdr - 1 tsp
Tamarind paste - 1 tsp
Salt - to taste
Sesame Oil (Nallennai) - 2 tsp

Turmeric pdr - 1/4 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
Cumin - 1/4 tsp
Fenugreek pdr (Vendaya podi) - a pinch

Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan, splutter the mustard and cumin seeds. Add vendaya podi
2. Add the redchilly,onion, garlic and saute

3. Add tomato, redchilli pdr, coriander pdr, turmeric pdr, salt and saute well

4. Add the tamarind paste. Add little water
5. Cook till the oil oozes out

Serve with hot rice