Menthi Pulusu

Ingredients

• • Red chillies - 10
• • Rice (raw) - 3 teaspoons
• • Fenugreek - ¾ teaspoon
• • Onions - 2
• • Tamarind - lemon size
• • Jaggery (grated) - 1 tablespoon
• • Salt - as required
• • Turmeric powder - a pinch
• • Curry leaves - few

Ingredients For Seasoning

• • Oil - 1 teaspoon
• • Mustard seeds - ¼ teaspoon

Method

• 1. Chop onions into very fine pieces.
• 2. Soak tamarind in water, squeeze and take extract.(dilute with 2 cups of water)
• 3. Dry roast rice, fenugreek , red chillies each separately till it turns golden and powder it together.
• 4. Boil tamarind extract with salt, turmeric, jaggery for few minutes.
• 5. Reduce flame, add powdered ingredients and stir constantly to avoid lump formation.
• 6. When gravy becomes thick, add ¾ the raw onions and cook for 2 minutes.
• 7. Remove from fire and mix rest of the raw onions.
• 8. Fry seasoning in hot oil and pour on top of the gravy.
• 9. Garnish with curry leaves.

Note

• • This gravy tastes good only if jaggery is added.
• • After adding onions do not over cook.
• • Only if onions are crisp, this gravy tastes better.