Kara Kuzhambu

Ingredients
Drumstick - 2
Onion - 1 big size
Tomato - 1 bigsize
Tamarind - small lemon size
Home made chilly powder - 11/2 tblsp
Turmeric powder - 1/3 tsp
Gingely Oil - 3 tblsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
Urud dal - 1/2 tsp
Venthayam - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves - 1 spring
Salt

Preparation
1. Add 1 cup water and soak tamarind for 30 min and extract tamarind juice.
2. Chop onion and tomato finely. Cut drumstick finger size.
3. Heat oil in pan and temper with mustard, urud dal, venthayam and curry leaves.
4. Add onion and fry until golden brown. Add tomato and fry until mushy. Add drumstick and fry for 2 min. Add chilly powder, turmeric powder and mix well. Add tamarind juice, salt and 11/2 cup water. Bring to boil. Close pan and cook for 10 min or until thick consistency is attained and drumstick is cooked well.

Note
1. You can also add brinjal, raddish, ladies finger. Many veggies makes kuzhambu tasty and healthy. Raddish and ladies finger should be roasted well in 1 tsp oil for few min and then add.
2. You can also grind coconut 2 piece to smooth paste and added. For which you should increase spice level little bit and boil for 5 to min after adding coconut. You can also add onion along with coconut for grinding.
3. At end, if spice level is not enough add pepper powder accordingly to balance. It increases taste as well.