Tomato Kulambu

Ingredients:

1. Onion (big) - 1 no
2. Tomatoes - 5 nos.
3. Vegetable: 2 nos(Drumstick / potatoes)
4. Garlic - 7 pods
5. Ginger - 1 inch piece (chopped)
6. Tamarind - Gooseberry size (soak and extract the juice
7. Kulambu milagai podi - 2 teaspoon
8. Green chillies - 2 nos. slit
9. Coconut milk - 1 cup
10. Salt to taste

For the masala paste:

1. Coconut - 2 tablespoon
2. poppy seeds - 1 table spoon
3. fennel seeds - 1 teaspoon

for tempering:

1. Mustard seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
2. Urad Dhal broken - 1/2 teaspoon
3. Channa Dhal - 1 teaspoon
4. Curry leaves - 2 sprigs

Garnishing : Coriander leaves chopped

Preparation:

Wash and cut the drumstick in to 11/2 inch pieces. For potatoes peel the skin and cut into 1 inch cubes. Chop the onions length wise. Chop 3 tomatoes length wise and 2 cubed. Heat oil in a pan, add ingredients for tempering . When the mustard seeds splutters, add garlic, ginger, onions and greenchillies fry for a while then add in vegetables, fry for a minute, then goes the tomatoes, fry for a while, then add in kulambu chilly powder and salt fry for a minute or two. Now add the tamarind water and let the vegetables get cooked. Now add in the ground paste and coconut milk, little water, let the gravy come to a boil then garnish it with coriander leaves and serve hot. you can also make this gravy without the vegetables.