Sambar onion ellu puli kootu | Shallots[Chinna vengayam] sesame tamarind curry

Cuisine Style: Tamil Nadu, South India | Cooking Time: 15 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Take with: Rice | Type: Kootu, Curry

Ingredients

• Sambar onion [Shallots, Chinna vengayam] – 15
• Tamarind water – ½ cup or tamarind paste – 2 tbsp
• Curry leaves – 1 spring
• Dry red chili - 1
• Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp
• Urad dal – ½ tbsp
• Bengal gram – ½ tbsp
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Jaggery – ½ tsp [grated]
• Oil – 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Asafetida a pinch
• Gingelly oil – 1 tbsp
• Water as needed

For roasting & grinding

• Coriander seeds – 1 tbsp
• Dry red chilli - 1
• Black sesame seeds – 1 ½ tbsp
• Bengal gram – 1 tbsp
• Coconut – 2 tbsp [grated]
• Heat oil in a pan then roast above ingredients & coarsely grind

Method

• Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds & let its splutter. Then add Bengal gram & urad dal.
• Add onion saute till golden brown.
• Add dry red chilli &curry leaves & asafetida.
• Add tamarind water, salt & turmeric powder mix well & let it boil.
• Then add jaggery & ground powder mix well & let the mixture thickens.
• Then pour 1 tbso of gingelly oil, cut off heat. Serve hot with rice

Sambar onion

Shallots sesame tamarind curry