:: Ingredients for Vetral Kuzhambu
Bitter nut vetral - 10 nos
Urd dal - 2 teaspoons
pepper corns - 1/2 teaspoon
Tamarind - the size of a small lemon
Rice flour - 1/2 teaspoon
Red chillies - 4
Asafoetida powder - 1 pinch
curry leaves - 2 sprigs
Mustard - 1/2 teaspoon
Oil for frying and seasoning
Salt to taste
:: How to make Vetral Kuzhambu
Soak tamarind in 1/2 litre of water in a thick bottomed
vessel and keep aside.
Heat a little oil in a frying pan and fry urad dal,
pepper,red chillies,asafoetida
powder. Take out this fried mixture adda little water and
grind into smooth paste
and keep aside.
Fry bitter-nut vetral/manthakkaali vetral ina little oil
and keep aside.
Pour a little water on the rice flour so that it just
dissolves mix well and keep
aside.Squeeze out the tamarind, retaining the tamarind and
water solution. Add
curry leaves and bring this solution to boil.Add fried
vetral to this and allow to
simmer until the aroma of tamarind subsides.Add rice flour
and water solution to
this. Remove from fire when the solution thickens.Heat a
little oil and fry mustard,
curry leaves and season the tamarind solution with this
mixture.Add salt to taste.
Serve hot with rice.
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