Ingredients

• Small onions - 20
• Sambar powder - 2.5 tbsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tbsp
• Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tbsp
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tbsp
• Curry leaves - few
• Gingley oil - 2 tbsp
• Asafoetida - 1 tbsp
• Salt - 1/2 tbsp
• Tamarind water - 2 cups
• Jaggery - a pinch

How to Make Small Onion Curry (Vethakuzhambu)

• Soak small onions in water and then peel the skin (This way you can save some of your precious tears.)
• Fry them in oil until they become translucent.
• Add turmeric powder, sambar powder and asefotida to the fried onions.
• Keep frying for about 3-4 mins.
• Then add thick tamarind water and bring to boil.
• Close the pan with lid.
• Let the whole gravy thickens and get reduced to half.
• Add Jaggery at the end.
• Serve hot with white rice, pappad or any side dish (poriyal/kootu).