Venkaya Thovaiyal

Ingredients

• 4-5 medium onions roughly chopped
• 6-8 dried red chillies
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1 tablespoon split black gram skinless (dhuli urad dal)
• 1/2 lemon tamarind
• 8 tablespoons oil broken
• A pinch asafoetida
• Salt to taste

Method

1. Heat oil in a non-stick pan, add mustard seeds and let them splutter. Add urad dal and sauté. Add tamarind and continue to sauté.
2. Add red chillies and onions and sauté till lightly browned. Add asafoetida and salt. Mix well and set the mixture aside to cool.
3. Grind to a coarse paste. This chutney will keep for a few days. Serve it with hot steamed rice.

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