Pulikuthi Upperi

This recipe serves two.

Ingredients:

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• Raw Banana - 1
• Curry leaves - a sprig
• Tamarind juice - extracted from a ball of dia,2cm
• asafoetida powder - a pinch
• turmeric powder - a pinch
• jaggery - a pinch
• Salt - 1 1/2 teaspoon
• Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
• Urad dal,split - 1 teaspoon
• Coconut oil - 1 teaspoon

You can use a combination of veggies like ladies finger,raw banana,brinjal or just raw banana also.

To grind:

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• Raw rice - 3 teaspoon
• Red chillies - 3
• Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 teaspoon

Dry roast the above ingredients till brown and grind to a fine powder.You can also grind this powder in larger quantity and store them.Use it readily whenever you make this dish.

Method:

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• Chop the raw banana into thick lengthy slices .Also the other veggies if any.
• Cook the slices in tamarind juice with a pinch of turmeric powder,asafoetida,jaggery and Salt.

• The tamarind juice should be just sufficient to immerse the veggies.Do not make it mushy.

• Heat oil and add mustard seeds in a kadai.When it splutters,add urad dal,curry leaves and the cooked raw banana.
• Sprinkle 2 to 3 teaspoon of roasted powder.
• Saute well till it gets roasted.

Serve with molagootal.