Sundal Rasam

Ingredients

• • Green peas/Mochai beans (fresh) - 1 cup
• • Garlic - 6 flakes
• • Onion (big, diced into 1 inch cubes) - 1
• • Salt - as required
• • Curry leaves - few
• • Oil (for seasoning & frying) - as required
• • Tamarind - lemon size
• • Mustard seeds - ½ teaspoon
• • Jaggery - as required

Ingredients For Grinding Together

• • Coriander seeds - 1 teaspoon
• • Cumin - ½ teaspoon
• • Pepper - ¼ teaspoon
• • Red chillies - 4
• • Asafoetidas - a little
• • Black grams - ½ teaspoon
• • Bengal grams - ½ teaspoon
• • Coconut (grated) - 2 tablespoons

Method

• 1. Fry the "For Grinding together" spices in little oil and grind with 2 Tablespoon of coconut.
• 2. Heat a pressure pan with little oil, add little mustard seeds, broken red chillies, garlic and then onion.
• 3. Fry for l or 2 minutes, add ground paste and stir till good smell comes from that.
• 4. Add fresh peas fry for a minute, add enough water and pressure cook.
• 5. Allow to cool, open lid, add tamarind extract, salt, jaggery and boil for 1 or 2 minutes.
• 6. Garnish with curry leaves.