Ingredients

• 1 cup - red gram dal
• 4 - red chillies
• Lemon size - tamarind
• 1 - onion (large)
• 2 - tomato
• 1 tbsp - red chili powder
• 2 tbsp - coriander powder
• 1 tsp - turmeric powder
• 3 flakes - garlic (medium)
• 1/2 cup - grated/shredded coconut
• small quantity - curry leaves
• 1 tsp - mustard
• 1 tsp - cumin seeds
• 1 tbsp - sambar powder
• salt to taste
• oil for frying

How to Make Paruppu Urundai Kuzhambu

• Wash and soak red gram dal for 2 hours along with red chillies and cumin seeds.
• Grind them to a smooth paste. Add sambar powder, little turmeric powder, little salt.
• Keep it in an idly plate and steam it (for 3 minutes if kept in oven, and 10-12 minutes if kept in pressure cooker).
• Shape this into small balls.
• Heat oil in pan/kadai (preferably sesame oil), splutter mustard seeds, cumin seeds, red chilly, curry leaves, garlic flakes.
• Fry onions, then tomatoes and tamarind paste.
• Next, add red chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and little salt. Let it boil for 10 minutes.
• Transfer the dal balls to this Boiled kuzhambu.
• Finally add coconut paste to this.
• Paruppu urundai kuzhambu is delicious and ready to be served.
• Recipe courtesy: http://tamilveg.blogspot.in/