Poondu Kozhambu - Chetinaad Style

Ingredients:

Small Onion - 10 (fine chop)
Garlic - 6-8 (chop)
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds - a pinch(Very little, like 4)
Curry Leaves - 3-4 sprigs
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Coriander Powder - 1 tbsp
Coriander Leaves - Garnish (fine chop)
Tamrind Water - Lemon Size(soak in water)
Hing - a pinch
Jaggery - Little
Salt, Oil, Water - As reqd

For Masala:
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Pepper corns - 2 tbsp
Onion - 1 (medium size, roughly chop)
Tomato - 2 (ripe, roughly chop)
Garlic - 10
Coconut - 1/4 cup(grated)
Curry Leaves - a sprig
Sambar thool - 3 tbsp

Method:

• Heat oil in pan and add items under "for masala".
• Let this cool and grind to a fine paste.
• Heat gingely oil in pan and add mustard and cumin seeds.
• Once it splutters add in curry leaves and onion and saute.
• Now add garlic and saute for a while.
• Cook in low flame.
• Add turmeric powder, coriander powder and hing and mix well.
• Add the extracted tamrind water and let it boil for few minutes.
• Add in grinded paste, required salt and mix well.
• Cover and cook in low flame till thickens(if needed you can add little water).
• Add in jaggery and garnish with coriander leaves and serve.