Onion Vetha Kozhambu
Author: MaisReceitas.com
Ingredientes
  • lemon size tamarind soaked in about a cup of water
  • pearl onions/shallots peeled
  • 2 dried red chilli pods
  • 1½ tspn sambar powder
  • 1½ tspn rice flour mixed
  • with a little water for thickening
  • salt to taste
  • mustard, chana dal, curry leaves for seasoning
  • a pinch asafoetida
  • 2 tbspn oil
Preparação
  1. Warm oil. Season with mustard , chana dal and curry
  2. powder. Saute peeled onions till translucent. Add
  3. squeezed out extract of tamarind. Throw the sambar
  4. powder, salt and asafoetida in. Let simmer till onions are
  5. cooked. Add dissolved rice flour water for thickening. Stir
  6. and wait till it simmers again a couple of minutes.
  7. Remove
  8. Variations:
  9. Tomatoes with chick peas makes a delicious vatha
  10. kozhambu. Add some slit green chillies if you would like
  11. to spike it up. Other suggestions are diced sweet potato,
  12. diced butternut squash, daikon (chinese radish),
  13. drumsticks (available fresh in Indian stores or canned,
  14. pre-cooked) all on their own.
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