Ingredients

• 2 tsp - tamarind paste
• asafoetida - a pinch
• salt - to taste
• curry leaves - a few
• 1/2 tsp - mustard seeds
• For masala:
• 2 tsp - urad dal
• 1/2 tsp - black pepper
• 5 to 6 - red chillies
• 1/2 tsp - tuvar dal
• 2 tsp - coconut ( if needed )

How to Make Vatral Kuzhambu

• Fry the masala ingredients and powder them.
• Take 2 tsps of tamarind paste and mix it with 2 cups of water.
• Heat little oil in a pan and add mustard seeds to it.
• After it crackles, add asafoetida and tamarind water mixture.
• Allow to boil till the raw smell goes.
• Add salt and curry leaves and boil for 2 minutes.
• Make a mixture of rice flour and water. Add it to the kuzhambu and keep it in the stove for a minute.
• Serve the kuzhambu hot with rice.