Ingredients:

• Lemon size – Tamarind
• 5 – pearl Onion
• 2 – Tomatoes (medium size)
• 5 – Garlic
• small quantity – Curry leaves
• small quantity – black gram dal
• small quantity – Bengal Gram dal
• small quantity – mustard
• small quantity – Fenugreek seeds
• 1 tbsp – chilli powder
• 2 tbsp – coriander powder
• 4 – Red Chillies
• small quantity – Turmeric powder
• small quantity – asafetida
• 3 tbsp – sesame oil
• salt to taste

Method:

1. Soak tamarind in hot water for 10 minutes. Then filter all the dust particles and make it a paste.
2. Cut onions, tomatoes, garlic and keep other ingredients ready.
3. Fry fenugreek for a minute and make it powdered.
4. Heat oil in a kadai, splutter mustard, fry red chillies, curry leaves, black gram dal, Bengal gram dal and onions.
5. Follow that by adding tomatoes, garlic, red chilli powder, coriander powder, asafoetida, turmeric powder, and little salt.
6. Pour tamarind paste to this mixture. Mix them well.
7. The content has to boil and come to half. It has to be boiled at least for 30 minutes.
8. Add fenugreek powder and mix it well.
9. Recipe courtesy: http://tamilveg.blogspot.com/