Onion Puli Mandi

Ingredients:

100 g Madras Onions
1 big lemon sized tamarind
1 tsp turmeric powder
3 red chillies
3 green chillies
1/2 tsp asafoetida powder
1 tsp salt
2 T oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp udad dal
1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds
1/2 tsp fennel seeds
2 sprigs curry leaves
300 ml thick water from washing rice ( I'll substitute water I guess)

Method:

Soak the tamarind in rice water for a while. Squeeze out the pulp from tamarind and filter out the water.

Slit the Madras onions and green chillis vertically.

Break the red chilli into pieces.

Heat the oil in a vessel. Temper with red chillies, mustard seeds, udad dal, fenugreek and fennel seeds. Once they splutter, add the asafoetida powder.

After a minute, add the onions, green chillies, turmeric and salt.

Wait till the onions are cooked to add the tamarind-rice water. Let it simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from flame.



Recipe source: Ms.Chitra Selvaraj for Arusuvai

Recipe in Tamil here.