VALAI POO KULAMBU (Kugan )

VALAIPOO KULAMBU

Ingredients:
1 tbs oil
½ tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp funugreek seeds
½ tsp cumin seeds
1 sprig curry leaves.

3 pips garlic smashed
1 onion ground
1 big tomato chopped
2 tsp chillie powder
3 tsp coriander powder
¼ tsp tumeric powder
½ tsp pepper powder
1 tbs poppy seed powder

½ cup tamarind juice from a marble sized tamarind
2 cups thin coconut milk
2 cups valaipoo cleaned flowers
Salt to taste
¼ cup thick coconut milk


Method:

Heat oil in a pot, add in the seasonings and let it splutter.
Add in smashed garlic, let it brown a bit.
Add in the ground onion paste, saute well, add in the tomato.
Cook till mushy, add in all the powders, and cook till oil separates.

Add in the tamarind juice, and the thin coconut milk.
Add in the valaipoo flowers and enough salt.
Let it simmer till the flowers are cooked.
Add in the the thick coconut milk, let it come to a boil.
Remove and serve with rice.