Ingredients

• 2 tbsp - pepper
• 2 - red chillies
• 1/4 tsp - asafoetida
• Tamarind - a small lemon size
• 1 tsp - urad dal
• 1 tsp - coconut
• 1 tbsp - tur dal
• 1 tsp - mustard
• 1 inch piece- jaggery
• 2 tbsp - gingely oil
• 6 sprigs - curry leaves
• Salt to taste.

How to Make Iyengar Milagu Kuzhambu

• Extract tamarind juice.
• Heat the frying pan with a spoon of oil and fry pepper, red chillies, tuvar daal, urad daal, coconut and curry leaves.
• Grind this into a fine paste by adding a little water.
• Heat the frying pan with 2 tbsps of oil and splutter mustard, add a few curry leaves, asafoetida, turmeric, ground paste, jaggery and extracted tamarind juice and mix well.
• Cook till the raw smell goes and add salt to taste.
• Boil till oil separates.
• Serve.