Method
- Heat 2 tbsp oil in a Kadai
- Fry roughly chopped onions and garlic till golden brown on mild heat.
- Drain fried onions and garlic and transfer to a plate.
- Add 1 tbsp oil to the hot oil in Kadai.
- Add fenugreek seed powder and allow to turn brown.
- Add mustard seeds and curry leaves.Wait till seeds crack.
- Add onion paste and saute till light brown on medium heat.
- Add tomato puree and stir till it loses the raw flavour.
- Add Sambar powder and chilli powder (as desired).
- Saute for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Add 250 ml water to the kadai and cook closed till boil.
- When mixture is boiling, add the fried onions, garlic and soaked maanga and sunda vathal.
- Add required salt.
- Cook closed till mangoes are done.
- Dilute tamarind with water and then pour into the gravy.(Tamarind paste also requires dilution)
- Boil the gravy closed for another 5 minutes and 5 minutes open in low heat.
- Maanga Vathal Kulambu is ready.
Note:
The added vegetables should be cooked well before pouring the tamarind water.
Ingredients:
maanga vathal and sunda vathal, desired soaked in water (15mins)
1 - big onion (half coarsely chopped and another half ground to paste)
2 - tomato, ground to puree
2 tbsp - sambar powder
2 tsp - tamarind paste or raw tamarind, desired quantity
1 tbsp - fenugreek seeds (venthayam), coarsely ground in mixer
mustard seeds (kadugu), desired
garlic, desired quantity, coarsely chopped (optional)
chilli powder, desired quantity
3 tbsp - oil