Paruppu Urundai Kulambu

 

Ingredients for making Urundai:

1. Toor dhal 1 cup

2. Red chillies 3 (According to taste)

3. Hing

4. Salt to taste

5. Cumin Seeds 1/4 tsp

6. Curry leaves and Coriander Leaves.

Method:

1. Soak dal for 1 hour and grind it with other ingredients to coarse paste.(add little salt, according to dhall quantity )

2. Heat 1 tsp of oil in kadai, splutter mustard seeds and fry this paste for 2 minutes, let it cool and make small balls and steam it (using iddli plates )

Urundai Kulambu :

Ingredients Needed:

1. Tamarind water 1 1/2 cups (Soak small gooseberry size tamarind and remove extract by adding 1 1/2 cups water)

2. Dhaniya Powder 1/2 tsp

3. Sambhar Powder 2 tsp
 

Optional:

4. Onion Medium size- 1 Chopped finely
5. Tomato - 1/2 chopped finely

Ingredients for Tempering:

1. Oil 2tsp
2. Curry leaves
3. Mustard Seeds
4. Methi Seeds

Method of Preparing Kulambu:

1. Heat oil in a kadai and add tempering ingredients.
2. Now goes, Tamarind water,coriander powder, sambar powder
3. Add some more salt and cook till raw smell goes.
4 Now add the steamed Urundais and cook for a minute
5. Cook this kulambu till oil floats on top.
 

Note :

if using Onion and Tomato then step 2 in preparing kulambu is this, and then goes rest: 

add, chopped onion and fry till golden and add chopped tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes and now continue with step 2 as mentioned above.

**Serve this with Hot Rice and Ghee.**