Malli/Kothamalli Thokku

 

Ingredients:
Kothamalli - 2 bunches
Small onion - 10
Garlic - 10
Dry Red Chilly - 15
Tamrind - 2 lemon size
Mustard seeds - 4 tsp + 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Fenugreek seeds  - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Curry Leaves - a sprig
Salt, Water, Oil - As reqd

Method:

• Wash and clean coriander leaves with stem and set aside.
• Soak tamrind in little hot water for a while.
• Now heat an pan and drr roast mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds.
• Do this in low flame, set this aside.
• To the same pan add in oil and add chillies and saute it.
• Transfer this to plate.
• Blend these three to a fine powder and set aside.
• Now the pan add in oil, add in onions, garlic and saute for few mins.
• Transfer this to blender.
• Add in coriander leaves and saute a min.
• Add this to blender.
• Add in salt and blend it without adding water.
• Add the blended chilly and seeds powder and blend again.
• Now heat oil in pan and add in urad dal, when color changes add in mustard seeds.
• Add in cumin seeds, deseed and break and add two chilly.
• Add in curry leaves, cook in low flame.
• Add in the blended paste and mix well.
• Cook till oil oozes.
• If needed you can add jaggery at this moment and cook for a min.
• Goes good with rice/idly/dosa,