Shallot Kuzhampu Curry

Ingredients

*10 to 15 shallots or 1 big sized onion

*10 to 12 garlics

*1 teaspoon mustard seeds

*1 teaspoon black gram

*2 red chillies

*1 lemon sized tamarind

*a pinch of asafoetida

*1 teaspoon red chilli powder

*1 tablespoon cooking oil

*Salt as required

Method

Take a deep pan and pour oil in to it.Then add mustard seeds into it wait for crackling and then add black gram, red chillies .Wait till the gram turns into brown. Now add garlic into it then sauté it till it 

turns into brownish colour and now add shallots into it.Saute it with asafoetida and chilli powder but the shallots have to become translucent.If you do not have shallots then take onion and chopped it. On the other hand dip the tamarind into 1 cup of hot water for 15 minutes. Now add this water into the pan and add little more water, salt into it leave it for 10 minutes at medium flame till it boils

. Now it is ready to serve with rice, dosa and chapatti.