Kaara Kuzhambu

Go in to the kitchen, grab the ingredients, start to cook and be done with cooking an awesome and very flavorful dish in 20 minutes... Wow that sounds great!!! Yes I am talking about this Kaara Kuzhambu which is a quick and tasty kuzhambu. It is finger licking good and tastes awesome with white rice or idli, dosa.. I served this with white rice and spicy potato fry.


Ingredients
Onion (thinly sliced) – ½ cup
Tomato (thinly sliced) – 1
Garlic (minced) – 4
Curry Leaves – 6
Sesame Oil – 5 table spoons
Mustard Seeds – ½ tea spoon
Salt – 1 tea spoon
Asafetida – ¼ tea spoon
Red Chili Powder – 1 tea spoon
Turmeric Powder – 1 tea spoon
Green Chili (thinly sliced) – 3
Tamarind Pulp (thick) - (little less than vathal kuzhambu)
Jaggery – 1 table spoon

Method
Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds and once it crackles, add the green chili, onions and sauté for 30 seconds. Add salt, garlic and curry leaves and sauté until onions are done.
Add tomato and cook until the oil starts to ooze out.
Add turmeric powder, red chili powder, and asafetida and cook until the oil is leaving the sides. Add tamarind pulp, jaggery and cook until the oil floats on top
Remove from heat and serve!!

Sending this to 30 Minute Meals, Taste of the Tropics - Chili