Garlic Curry is a typical South Indian curry made with garlic and tamarind. It goes well with rice.
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07/08/2013
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Preparation Time : 5 mins
Cooking Time : 10-15 mins
Serves : Family of four
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Ingredients :
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Indian Onion shallots - 18-20 or 1 small onion
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Tomato - 1 small
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Garlic - 8-10 large cloves
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Garlic to be crushed - 5 small cloves
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Tamarind - ball of size 4 cm
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Warm water - 250ml
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Oil - 5 tblsp
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Black mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
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Urid Dal - 1 tsp
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Curry leaves - 8 or more
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Dry red chilli - 4
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Water - as required
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Salt - to taste
Spice powders
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Turmeric powder - 1/8 tsp
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Pepper powder - 1/4 tsp
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Chilli powder - 1 tsp
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Cumin (Jeera) powder -1/2 tsp (optional)
Method :
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Wash and soak the tamarind in warm water for 5-6 mins.
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Chop the onion and tomato. Wash the curry leaves.
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Crush the garlic required. Leave rest of the garlic cloves as whole.
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Squeeze the tamarind pulp out of the water and keep the tamarind juice.
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Add the squeezed tamarind pulp to the remaining warm water and repeat the above step to get more tamarind juice.
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Heat a pan on the stove and add oil.
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Season with mustard seeds, urid dal, red chilli and curry leaves.
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Add crushed garlic and onion and fry for about a minute.
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Add tomatoes and fry for about 2 minutes.
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Add all the spice powders. Fry for about a minute.
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Add garlic cloves and fry for about a minute.
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Now add the tamarind water and salt to the pan.
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Cover and cook for about 8-10 minutes or until the garlic is cooked.
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Stir few times and check the water level in the pan; If there is not enough water left, add more water; Let it boil; Switch off.
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Garlic curry is ready to be eaten.
Other Names : Poondu kulambu
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