Milagu Kozhambu

Ingredients:

Whole Black Pepper - 2 tbsp
Urad dhal - 1 1/2 tbsp
Dried Red Chilli - 3-4
Curry leaves - 3-4 strips
Asafoetida - 1tsp
Tamarind - 2 lemon sized
Ghee - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
Gingely / Sesame Oil - 2 tbsp

Method:

1. Fry Black pepper, urad dhal, red chilli, curry leaves, asafoetida one by one in 1tsp of ghee.
2. Squeeze the tamarind and make tamarind water out of it.
3. In a pan, heat oil, cracle mustard seeds, curry leaves, add tamarind water, turmeric powder, sal to taste. Let it boil for sometime.
4. Add the ground masala powder to that.
5.  Let it boil for few mins till the bubbles comes. Add a little amount of jaggery to enrich the taste.
6. Finally add 1 or 2 tbsp of oil to it, so that you can have that kozhambu for more than a week.