Curry Leaves Sambar

Ingredients:

Curry leaves one cup
udad dal one tbsp
4 dried red chillies
one tbsp of peppercorns
one tsp of salt
one lime-sized tamarind
Ordinary refined oil as required
2 pinches of jaggery

Method:

Heat the oil. Add udad dal, pepper corns and dried red chillies. Fry it well till the dal becomes brownish in colour. Then add washed curry leaves and tamarind and mix well for about 2 minutes. Take little water in a bowl for reducing the heat. Add the fried ingredients. Remove the seed of tamarind. Then grind all the ingredients together. Do the seasoning with oil, mustard seeds and hing. After mustard seeds splutter, add hing. Add the ground paste. Dilute it with half cup of water and add salt. Let it boil on high flame. Then reduce the flame and add jaggery.


Tips:
This can be kept outside. No need of keeping inside a refrigerator.