Tharai Pasalai Thokku

Ingredients:

Tharai Pasalai - 2 cups
Dry Red Chilly - 3
Garlic - 4-5 (fine chop)
Tamrind - small piece
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Vadagam - 1 tsp
Salt, Oil, Water - As reqd

Method:

• Clean the pasalai keerai and wash nicely.
• Heat a pan and add little oil and add washed pasalai.
• Saute in low flame for 2-3 mins and transfer to blender.
• To the same pan add in chilly, tamrind and saute for a while.
• Add this to blender.
• Add salt and hing and blend this to a fine paste.
• Add little water while blending.
• Heat oil in pan and add vadagam.
• Add in mustard seeds and cumin seeds.
• Add garlic and saute for a while.
• Add in blended puree and cook in low flame.
• Cook till the oil oozes out and it attains thokku consistency.
• Goes good with idly/dosa/rice.