Kathirika/murungakai puli kulambu

Here is the famous tangy kulambu, very common in the south. With white rice and potato fry, it makes a great lunch

Ingredients:

Brinjals small - 5
Drumsticks - 10 pieces (I use the frozen ones)
Onions thin cut lengthwise 1/2 cup
tomatoes chopped - 1/4 cup
green chillies - 2
Tamarind - a small lemonsize
Cocunut - 2 tsp
chilly powder - 1 tsp
cummin powder - 1/2 tsp
corriander powder - 1/2 tsp
turmeric powder 1/4 tsp
curry leaves - 4
fenugreek - less than 1/4 tsp

kulambu:

1. Grind the cocunut with chilly powder, cummin powder and corriander powder ( alternatively you can fry the cummin seeds, corriander seeds, red chillies and grind them with cocunut)
2. Soak the tamarind in water and microwave it for 1 min. Once it cools, take the extract. throw out the pulp
3. In little oil, add mustard, urad dal, cummin seeds, fenugreek, curry leaves, cut green chillies
4. Now fry the onions until it gets translucent
5. Add the tomatoes and the paste from 1. Add turmeric powder and salt
6. Now add the drumsticks and the brinjals
7. Add the tamarind extract from step 2
8. Add very little water and cook for one whistle