Pachi Pulusu

Ingredients

Tamarind Soaked

(Goose berry size)

Jaggery / Bellam – small piece

Finely chopped onion – ¼ cup

Salt to taste

For paste

Sesame seeds / Nuvvulu – 3 tsp

Peanuts / Pallilu – 3 tsp
Water - 3 tsp

For tempering

Mustard seeds – ½ tsp

Cumin seeds – 1 tsp

Red chillies – 4

Curry leaves – 4

Hing - pinch

Oil – 1 tsp

Method

For Paste

1. Dry roast sesame seeds and peanuts. Cool it.
2. Make paste using 3 tsp of water.

For Pulusu

1. Collect the tamarind juice and discard the pulp.
2. In a bowl collect tamarind water, paste, jaggery and salt. Mix well.
3. Heat oil in a pan and temper it.
4. Add this tempering to the tamarind water.
5. Add chopped onions and mix well.
6. Serve with Ven pongal.

Note:  If you like more tamarind taste, take little more tamarind.

Linking to :
Sara's Traditional & Native Recipes,
WTML@GayathrisCookspot,
Hearth & Soul Blog Hop : 136 : 1/29/2013.