Pirandai Thokku

Ingredients:

Pirandai - 1 cup (cleaned)
Small Onion - 15
Tomato - 1 (Naatu thakaali)
Garlic - 6-7
Dry Red chilly - 9
Tamrind - 1 lime size
Kashmiri Chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Gingely Oil, Salt, Water - As reqd

Method:

• Clean the pirandai.
• First remove the leaves and other unwanted roots in pirandai.
• Break them and then remove the fibre(naar).
• Cut into small pieces.
• In a bowl add in rock salt, 1/2 lime size tamrind piece.
• Add in a cup of water and mix it.
• Now add chopped pirandai pieces.
• Let it sit till we are ready with other ingredients.
• Now peel onion, garlic and chop tomato and set aside.
• Strain the pirandai and set aside.
• Heat oil in pan and add in pirandai pieces.
• Cook in low flame till it shrinks and dries like vathal.
• Transfer to plate.
• To the same pan add in oil.
• Add in garlic and onion and saute for a while.
• Add in dry red chilly and 1/2 lime sizde tamrind piece
• Saute in low flame.
• Add in tomato pieces and cook till it is mushy.
• Turn off range and add in sauted pirandai pieces.
• Mix this and let it cool.
• Once cooled, add in required water, salt and blend it to fine paste.
• Heat oil in pan and add in mustard seeds.
• Once it splutters add in blended paste and cook in low flame.
• Add in kashmiri chilly powder and mix well.
• Cook in low flame, till oil oozes out.
• Goes good with idly/dosa/rice.

Note:

• Depending on the quantity of pirandai, adjust other ingredients acc.
• Also adjust spice to your taste level.