Theeyal

Ingredients:

• Coconut - 1 cup
• Red chillies - 5
• Coriander powder - 2 tsp
• Pepper - 1/4 tsp
• Shallot - 2-3
• Salt to taste
• Curry leaves
• Tamarind pulp - 1 Tbsp
• Vegetables - 1/2 cup (Any one of Brinjal, Lady's finger, cooked Yam, soaked and cooked Black gram)
• Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Shallot - 2
• Oil

Preparation:

1. Fry coconut, red chillies, pepper, shallot, curry leaves to golden brown. Add coriander powder after putting off the stove. Let it cool and grind it to a fine paste.
2. Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds. Add fenugreek seeds, shallot, vegetables and fry.
3. Add tamarind pulp and salt and let to boil till the vegetable is cooked.
4. Add the ground paste and let to boil till the gravy thickens.
5. Add curry leaves and put off the stove.