kadalai kuzhambu

One of my favourites for rice - this is again my Amma's recipe. This kuzhambu will be good for puttu or idiyappam also - that's Kerala style.

Ingredients:

Kondai kadalai(brown chana) - 1 cup
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Kadalai paruppu - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Dhania seeds - 3 tsp
Peppercorns - 1/2 tsp
Seeragam/jeera - 1/2 tsp
Red chillies - 3
Coconut - 2 tsp
tamarind - lime sized
onion - 1
curry leaves - 10
Salt

Method:

Heat 1 spoon of oil in a pan and add kadalai paruppu and urad dal. Fry till it becomes brown.
Add dhania seeds, peppercorns, seeragam, red chillies and coconut and fry for a minute. Grind this in a mixie with little water.
Soak tamarind in warm water and get the extract.
Heat 1 spoon of oil in pressure cooker. Add mustard seeds, urad dal and kadalai paruppu and wait till the mustard seeds start spluttering. Now add onions and curry leaves and fry till they turn translucent.
Now add the tamarind extract, soaked kadalai, salt and the ground paste. Add water just until the whole content is immersed.
Close the pressure cooker and let it cook for 3-5 whistles.
When the pressure is completely gone, open the cooker and mix the content well.
If there is more water, let it boil until gravy consistency is obtained.