MILAGU KUZHAMBU [PEPPER KUZHAMBU]

Ingredients:
Roast the follow ingredients to a brown colour and powder them
finely:
2sp of peppercorns, ½sp of split black gram, ½sp of lentils, ½sp of
Bengal gram, ½sp of coriander seeds, a small piece of asafetida and
4 red chillies
Tamarind- a lime size[soak in water for ½ hour and extract its thick
juice]
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Cumin seeds- 1tsp
Curry leaves- 2 springs
Black gram- 1 tsp
Turmeric powder- 1tsp
Enough gingelly oil
Salt to taste
Procedure:
In a kadai, pour enough gingelly oil and heat it.
Add the mustard seeds and when they splutter add the cummin
seeds, some curry leaves and the black grams.
When they change to a nice brown colour pour the tamarind
extract, add the ground powder, turmeric powder and enough salt.
Let the kuzhambu simmer well until it thickens to the desired
consistency.