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Cooking Time : 40 to 45 mins
Serves : 6 to 8
Oil - ¼ cup
Onion Vadam / Vadakam - 6
Shallots / Sambar Onion - 20 peeled
Tamarind Pulp - 4 tblspn
Water as needed
Salt to taste
Sugar / Jaggery - 1 tsp
For Roasting & Grinding:
Oil - 1 tsp
Dry Red Chilli - 6 to 8
Whole Coriander Seeds / Mullu Malli - 3 tblspn
Urad dal / Uludu Paruppu - 2 tblspn
Toor Dal / Tuvaram Paruppu - 2 tblspn
Fenugreek Seeds / Methi / Vendayam - 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi - ½ tsp
Method:
Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan, add in all roasting ingredients and fry till golden. Take them in a blender and make into a smooth paste by adding some water.
Now in the same kadai. Add in ¼ cup of oil and fry onion vadams in it. Remove them to a plate.
Now in the oil, add in shallots and fry them for a min.
Add in the ground masala and cook for a min.
Add in tamarind pulp and some water and mix well. Season with salt and sugar. Mix well.
Add the fried onion vadam in.
Cover and simmer for 20 to 25 mins till oil separates and everthing is well cooked.
Serve over rice.
Take all your ingredients |
Roasting Ingredients |
Add all of them in a kadai with a tsp of oil |
roast them in slow flame till golden |
add them to blender |
puree them |
Hat oil in a kadai |
add in onion vadam and fry |
remove them to a plate |
in the same oil add in a good amount of shallots |
saute them for a min |
add the puree masala |
saute them for a min |
add in tamarind juice |
add some more water, mix them well |
add in salt, i am using sea salt |
add the fried onion vadam |
add a tsp of sugar |
mix well |
cover and simmer |
cook till oil separates |
serve |
preethi Prasad
what is onion vadam.??
Anonymous
need street chat recipe, which green peas and cornflour mixed kurma added to poori+onion
Aarthi
@preethi PrasadOnion vadam is a dried dal and onion fritters, which we fry just like a papad
Anonymous
can onion vadam be optional
Aarthi
@AnonymousYes it can be optional
Anonymous
From whr we get this onion vadam?
Aarthi
@Anonymousu can get it in any indian shop.
Angel
Thanks for the recipe... Tried it and it came out really well.
Saraswathi sara
Hi..How did u get that color in the last pic. Did u add something or its the natural color?
Aarthi
it is natural colour that comes from the chilli powder
Shree Pappu
chilli powder uh....itsnot given under the ingrediants list