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Friday, June 17, 2011

Paruppu Urundai Kuzhambu (Dal Koftas)

Ingredients:

Thoor dal                       -  1 cup(150 gms)
Bengal gram dal             -  3 table spoons
Red chilies                     -  8 - 10  nos
Tamarind                       -  1 lemon sized
Turmeric powder            - 1/2 tea spoon
Asafoitida                       -  1/2 tea spoon
Coriander seeds             -  1 table spoon
Black gram dal               -  1 tea spoon
Fenugreek(Methi)          -  1 tea spoon
Grated Coconut             -  2 table spoons
Pepper                           -  1 tea spoon
Jaggery (Gud)                -  1 tea spoon
Cooking Oil                   -  3 table spoons
Mustard seeds                -  1 table spoon
Curry leaves                   -  a few leaves
Salt to taste

1.  Wash and soak thoor dal and 2 table spoons of bengal gram together along with 6 red chilies for 1 hr.
2.  Grind the dals along with red chilies, salt, asafoitida and turmeric powder into a soft paste adding as little water as possible.
3. Now heat 2 table spoons of oil in a kadai and add the ground dal paste and stir well till the water evaporates and it comes into a thick form. (We should be able to make it into small balls.  So not very dry)
4.  Remove the mixture from stove and allow it to cool.
5.  Make the dal mixture into small lemon sized balls and steam cook till its done. Paruppu urundais(Dal Koftas) are ready.

6.  Now for sambar soak tamarind in warm water for 1/2 hr and extract 2 cups of juice.
7.  Heat 1/2 table spoon of oil in a kadai, stir fry coriander seeds, balance bengal gram dal, black gram dal, balance red chilies, pepper and fenugreek, add the coconut and grind it into a thick paste adding water.
8.  Heat 1/2 tea spoon of oil in a kadai and add the mustard seeds and curry leaves and after the mustard crackles add the tamarind juice, turmeric powder, salt and ground masala and allow it to boil for 3 - 5 mins.
9.  Add the paruppu urundais(dal koftas) to the boiling kuzhambu gently, allow them to boil together in low flame for a few mins and remove from stove.  Avoid stirring because it will break the urundais.
10.Paruppu urundai kuzhambu ready.  Serve with rice and ghee.

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