Mulagu Varutha Puli

Mulagu Varutha Puli

Hi ! Its a Kerala dish, specially Palakkad :-) A very very simple one and goes well with steamed rice.

Ingredients

Tamarind                                                                              Size of a Gooseberry

Shallots                                                                                                     8-10

Green chillies                                                                                            4-5

Cumin seeds                                                                                            1 tsp

Mustard seeds                                                                                         1/2 tsp

Garlic                                                                                                    4-5 cloves

Curry leaves                                                                                           A sprig

Salt                                                                                                        To taste

Oil                                                                                                       As required

Preparation

Soak tamarind in water for sometime and keep juice ready. You can add more tamarind as per your love for sourness.

 Clean and chop the shallots.

Take a kadai, heat oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters add cumin seeds.

Add green chillies, curry leaves, chopped shallots, saute it till it turns golden brown.

When it is ready, add tamarind juice and required water and allow it to boil for sometime adding salt.

Remove it from the flame, Chop garlic, fry it and add it to the tamarind gravy.

Try this recipe..Its really yummy!  You can have it with steamed rice mixing it with curd..mmmmm.... :-p