Vatha Kulumbu

Ingredients:
Sambar/Pearl Onions - 1 Cup
Mustard Seeds - 1/4 tsp.
Fenugreek/Methi Seeds - 1/2 tsp.
Dry Red Chillies - 2
Tamarind - 50 Gms
Sambar Powder - 2 tsp.
Powdered Jaggery/Brown Sugar - 1 tsp.
Curry Leaves - Few
Salt - To Taste
Sesame/Gingelly Oil - As Required.

Method:

Soak 50 gms of tamarind in lukewarm water for 30 mins.Then extract
juice from the soaked tamarind and keep it aside.

Soak the sambar/pearl onions in water for 15 mins.Then peel the skin
off from the sambar onions and set it aside.

Heat a pan with some sesame/gingelly oil and season with mustard
seeds,fenugreek/methi seeds and dry red chillies and fry for a second.

Then add peeled sambar/pearl onions and few curry leaves and saute
till a nice aroma emits.

Add sambar powder and salt to taste and fry for a minute.

Now add the tamarind juice and allow it to boil until the oil separates
from the curry.

Add powdered jaggery/brown sugar and let it boil until the curry thickens.

Remove from the fire and serve it hot with rice and papad/appalam.


Note : This curry stays good even for 2 days.