1 bunch vallarai keerai
1/2 onion chopped
4 red chillies (or to spice level)
tamarind - size of a very small ball of
lime
salt as needed
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp urud dhal
1 tsp jeera
1 tsp asafetida
Take a pan, put 2 tsp of oil, and splutter
mustard seeds, urud dhal, jeera and asafetida. Add chopped onions, red chilies
and vallarai keerai to it. Sauté it well until vallarai keerai shrinks.
Then add tamarind and salt to it. Now switch off the stove and let it cool
for a while. Then blend it in the mixe, until smooth paste. It goes well
with Dosa and Idly. We also mix it with rice and ghee on top of it.
It is really good for brain development,
at least that's what we were told when I was a kid.
