Ingredients : Urad dhal(2 tsp), channa daal(1 tsp), pepper(1 tsp), dry red pepper(3), curry leaves(2 sticks), asafoetida, tamarind extract/tamcon paste, mustard seeds, turmeric powder and jaggery or sugar(1 spoon).
Fry all
ingredients for grinding in 1/2 a spoon of ghee.
Grind
together all the ingredients(except mustard, jaggery and sugar) with salt
into a very smooth paste.
Dissolve
this paste in water.
In a hard
bottomed vessel, saute mustard in 2 tsp of oil, add a cup of
water, 1 tsp turmeric powder and boil for a few minutes.
Once it
starts boiling vigorously, add the dissolved paste and jaggery/sugar
and boil for a few more minutes.
If very
watery, dissolve a spoon of rice flour in a spoon of water and add
to the kuzhambu.
Mode of
eating :
Mix with
cooked plain rice and serve as maincourse.