Spicy Pongal with side dishes (Khara pongal - HuLi gojju - Mosaru bajji)
A spincy tangy sidedish loaded with onions
Ingredients
- 1 and 1/2 cups of slitted onions
- 1 tea spn oil
- 1 garlic clove optional
- 1/2 tea spn mustard seeds
- 4-5 curry leaves
- 1/2 tea spn tamarind extract or 2 tbl spn of thick tamarind juice
- 1/2 tea spn chili powder
- 1/2 tea spn sambar powder any ready made sambar powder can be used
- 1 cup grated coconut
- 2-3 strands coriander leaves
- Salt
Instructions
- Heat oil and add mustard seeds.
- When they start popping, add curry leaves and chopped garlic.
- Fry for a minute and add onions.
- Fry till onions turn slightly brownish.
- Add tamarind and around 2-3 tbl spn of water.
- Add chili powder, sambar powder, coconut, chopped coriander leaves and salt.
- Cook for around 7-8 mins.
- This gojju should also be semi liquid.
- I made it a bit less-watery to suite my taste.