Sundaikai Kothsu

Ingredients

• • Sundaikais (fresh) - ½ cup
• • Onions (finely cut) - 3 tablespoons
• • Turmeric powder - ¼ teaspoon
• • Salt - as required
• • Tamarind extract (thick) - 3 tablespoons
• • Jaggery - as required
• • Sesame seeds - 1 tablespoon
• • Oil (for frying) - as required

Ingredients For Grinding Together

• • Red chillies - 6
• • Coconut (grated, fresh) - 2 tablespoons
• • Coriander seeds/Dhania - 2 teaspoons
• • Cumin seeds/Jeera - ½ teaspoon

Method

• 1. Break sundaikai by crushing it and remove inner seeds by washing it well under running water.
• 2. Dry roast sesame seeds separately and powder it.
• 3. Heat oil in a frying pan and fry onions, sundaikai together till it changes its colour.
• 4. Add tamarind extract, salt, turmeric powder with enough water and cook till vegetables become soft.
• 5. Add ground paste and cook till gravy becomes thick.
• 6. Add powdered sesame at the end and remove from fire.
• 7. Garnish with chopped coriander and curry leaves.