Vathal Kuzhambu Thokku

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South Indian Thali
Side dish for Idli, Dosa
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This is my MIL’s Signature recipe. She used to prepare this once in two weeks and I love this spicy tangy thokku with hot white rice topped with a tsp of ghee. This delicious gravy is very simple and is a boon as it has more shelf life. Here goes the easy version of this traditional gravy..!

Ingredients

Tamarind - lemon sized ball

Chana dal - 1 tbsp

Pepper - 1 ½ tsp

Red chilly - 5 or 6

Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp

Red gram - ½ tbsp

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Urad dal - 1 tsp

Fenugreek - 1 tsp

Sun dried manathakkali vathal - handful

Oil - 4 to 5 tbsp

Mustard - ¼ tsp

Curry leaves - handful

Turmeric pwd - ¼ tsp

Asafetida - ¼ tsp

Jaggery powdered - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Instructions

1.

Soak tamarind in warm water and extract thick juice.

2.

Dry roast the ingredients chana dal, pepper, red chillies, coriander seeds, red gram, cumin seeds, urad dal and fenugreek.

3.

Roast in medium flame, until they let spicy aroma.

4.

Turn off flame and allow to cool.

5.

Grind to coarse pwd.

6.

Heat oil in a fry pan.

7.

Add sun dried manathakkali vathal ( Solanum nigrum )

8.

Sauté until it turns dark brown.

9.

Drain and reserve.

10.

In the same pan, add mustard, curry leaves.

11.

Wait till mustard crackle.

12.

Add the tamarind juice and allow to boil well.

13.

Once it got thickened, add the ground pwd, turmeric pwd, asafetida, salt and jaggery.

14.

Stir well, add fried manathakkali vathal and allow to boil.

15.

Simmer and cover for 5 minutes.

16.

Once it attains the thokku consistency, and the oil separates, remove from flame.

17.

Allow to cool.

18.

Serve hot with plain white rice.

19.

You can store the thokku in air tight container for later use.

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