Shallots Vathakuzhambu

Posted by Chitra Balasubramanian on 20/11/2015

Shallots Vathakuzhambu

Take small lemon size tamarind and extract 2 cups of juice.... Keep aside.... Take 10 to 12 small onions, peel it and cut into halves.... Take 2 tomatoes and cut into pieces.... 

Keep kadaai in the flame.... Add 1 small karandi gingely oil.... Add 1/2 mustard seeds, 1 tspoon ulutham paruppu, 1/2 tspoon kadalai paruppu, 2 red chillies splits and1/4 tspoon vendhiyam.... Let it become golden yellow in colour.... Add 1/4 tspoon termeric powder.... Add curry leaves.... Add 6 to 8 pods of garlic (optional).... Add small onions... Saute for a while.... Add tomatoes.... Add konjam rock salt.... Saute for 2 minutes.... Add curry leaves.... Add 2 heaped teaspoons of sambar powder..... Saute for a while..... Add tamarind juice to the above mixture..... Let it boil for five minutes.... Check salt.... If needed add little.... Finally add little jaggery and allow it to boil for 1 minute.... Switch off the gas.... Add 1 tspoon gingely oil and close it..... Your yummy, tangy, onion vatha kuzhambu is ready.... Enjoy with hot rice with ghee or gingely oil, dosa, ldly and curd rice.....