Paruppu Urundai Kozhambu

This is a very simple and tasty kozhambu recipe. If you choose to make this, you don't have to make a separate vegetable poriyal / curry. The dal balls in the kozhambu will be a tasty accompaniment  to the rice.


Preparation Time : 10 minutes
Cooking Time : 30 minutes
Serves : 4

Ingredients

Tamarind - one big lemon sized ball, take extract and keep aside
Toor dal - 1/2 cup, soaked. 
Red Chillies - 3 or 4
Salt - to taste
Asafoetida - a pinch
Rice flour - 1.5 tbsp
Oil - 3 tbsp + 1 tbsp

For Seasoning

Mustard - 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp
Curry Leaves - 2 springs


Procedure

1. Grind the soaked toor dal with red chillies, salt and asafoetida
2. Take 3 tbsp oil in a kadai, put the ground toor dal paste and rice flour.
3. Half cook the mixture and make it into small balls
4. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a kadai, add mustard, when it splutters add turmeric powder, asafoetida and curry leaves
5. Now add the tamarind extract, salt and sambar powder.
6. When it boils, add the dal balls one by one and allow them to cook.