Onion vatha kuzhambu

                       

Ingredients:

1 cup onioon ( preferably shallot / small onion / sambar onion)
mustard ¼ spoon
fenugreek ½  spoon
A pinch of asafetida and turmeric powder
Red chillies 2
Gingili oil 4 spoons
Few curry leaves
Lemon sized tamarind (soaked in hot water for 10 minutes and extracted)
Red chilli powder 1 spoon
Corn or rice flour – 1 spoon (for thickening)
Salt to taste

Method:

Heat 3 spoons of oil and splutter mustard seeds, fenugreek, red chillies , asafoetida and curry leaves.
Next add onions and saute until onions are half cooked.
Now add the tamarind water, chilli powder, tumeric and salt, boil till the raw smell goes.
Now add the corn flour mixed with 2 spoon of water.
Cook for 5 minutes and finally add some curry leaves and 1 spoon of gingili oil.
Goes well with hot rice / idly / dose.
Combination:  Potato fry / appalam/ Karuvadam. 

We can do this with garlic & shallot combination also.

Variation I                    
                                                Chundaka Vatha kuzhambu   (turkey  berry)

                 

Same ingredients as above instead of onion add some chundaka vathal.
Heat oil and splutter mustard seeds, fenugreek, red chillies , asafoetida and curry leaves.
Rest of the method same as above.
Same producer as above add fried chundaka finally.
( Use less salt while preparing because chundaka will also have salt)

Varitation II 

                 Manathakkali  vatha kuzhambu (sun berry/black night shade)

Same ingredients as above instead of chundaka vathal add some mathakali vathal.
Heat oil and splutter mustard seeds, fenugreek, red chillies , asafoetida and curry leaves. 
Rest of the method same as above.
Same producer as above add fried manathakali finally.
(Use less salt while preparing because manathakkali will also have salt)