HOTCHULHA

 

Ingredients:

• Masalavadalu – 10 – home made
• Onion – 1 dice it into small pieces
• Green Chilies – 4 Cut into long lengths
• Tomato – 1 Make puree in Blender
• Tamarind – Small lemon size, soak and take 1 cup of Juice
• Red Chili Powder – 1 Tea Spoon
• Turmeric – 1/4 Tea Spoon
• Ginger – Garlic Paste – 1 Table Spoon
• Clove Powder – 1/8 Tea Spoon
• Special Masala Powder – 1/8 Tea Spoon
  • Dry Roast the following 4 and make fine powder and store it in air tight bottle.
    • Curry Leaves – 10 , Fenugreek Seeds – 10 , Coriander Seeds – 1/2 Tea Spoon , Jeera Seeds – 1/2 Tea Spoon
• Coriander Leaves – Handful
• Salt to Taste
• Oil

Method:

1. In a heavy bottom pan put the  6 table spoons of Oil. Once the oil is hot, put the tadka seeds.
2. As they crackle, put the curry leaves, onion, green chilies and saute them for couple of minutes.
3. Add ginger garlic paste and fry till the raw smell goes off.
4. Add chili powder, turmeric powder, clove powder, Special masala powder, salt and mix it very well and then put the tomato puree and one and half glass of water. Let it cook for 15 minutes.
5. Add tamarind juice and let it cook for 15 minutes.
6. At this point lower the heat and put the masala vadas in the pulusu and cook it for 5 minutes.
7. Garnish this with cilantro and serve it with White rice.