Vathal kuzambu Recipe

Ingredients: (serving for 4 people)

Sundakai vathal - 1 tbsp
Urid dal - 1 tsp
dry red chilli -2
grated coconut - 1/4 cup
pepper - 1 tbsp
kulambu maavu - 1 1/2 tbsp
tamarind paste - 1 tsp
salt - 1 tsp
asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
Gingly oil - 4 tbsp

Recipe:

1. Dry roast pepper, chilli, coconut and urid dal in a skillet.
2. Grind the dry roasted ingredients with salt and small amount of water to make fine paste.
3. Heat the oil in a skillet and fry the vathal. Add the dry roasted ingredients paste to this fry.
4. Mix the kulambu maavu and tamarind paste to 500 ml of water and add this mixture to the vathal fry.
5. Boil till the mixture becomes thick and oil separates from the gravy.
6. Serve with hot rice, ghee and appalam.