Ingredients:

• Dried red chillies – 5
• Onion – 1
• Garlic – 5 flakes
• Sugar – 2 tsp
• Thick Tamarind juice – 2 tsp
• Dry shrimp – 1 tbsp (optional)
• Oil – 5 tbsp
• Salt – to taste

Method:

1. Grind all the ingredients, except oil, to a paste.
2. Heat oil and roast the paste over medium flame till the raw smell is lost.