DRY RED CHILLIE PULIPPU CURRY

Ingredients:

12 dried red chillies, cut into ½ inch pieces.
4 tomatoes cut into rounds
4 tsp of toor dal
1 cup of tamarind water from a small lime sized tamarind

2 tsp of mustard seeds
2 tsp of fenugreek seeds
1 sprig of curry leaves
4 tsp of oil
1 pinch of asafoetida powder
Salt to taste

Method:
Heat oil in a pot, add in the mustard seeds.
Add in the toor dal, sauté for a minute.
Now add in the cut red chillies and fenugreek seeds.

Add in the curry leaves and the cut tomatoes.
add in the asafoetida. Stir well.
Add in the tamarind water and the salt.
Boil well till the tomatoes are mushy.
The red chillies too would have swell well.
Mash it with your back of spoon.
Remove and serve with dosai, idli, or even rice.
Nalla kara saaramaa irukku.