Dry Turkey Berries In Tamarind Gravy/Sundakka Vatha Kuzhambu

Sundakka which is well known as turkey berry have loads of medicinal value and it has a rich source of dietary fibers and vitamins, which effectively eliminates stomach worms and improves digestive system..This kuzhambu is quite a speciality among the South Indians, its one of the comforting food for many of us, especially for me i can survive for many days with this super delicious,tangy and absolutely fingerlicking gravy..Most of us know that Vathal means vegetables which are sun dried,later they are used in gravy prepared basically with tamarind extract, you can add many vegetables like brinjal,drumsticks and potatoes to give a different flavour to this gravy, but i prepared this gravy simply with dry turkery berries and skipped completely the veggies in it, serve this super delicious gravy with hard boiled eggs or papads with hot steaming rice while its too cold outside, i can say definitely you will have a wonderful lunch.

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1/4cup Sundakka vathals/Dry turkey berries
1cup Tamarind juice
1no Onion (big & diced)
2nos Tomatoes (chopped)
7nos Garlic cloves
Few curry leaves
1tsp Chilly powder
1tbsp Coriander powder
1/2tsp pepper powder
1/2tsp Cumin powder
1tsp Mustard seeds +fenugreek seeds
1/2tsp Ajwain seeds
1/2cup Gingelly oil
Salt

Heat gingelly oil in a heavy bottomed pan, fry the mustard seeds,fenugreek seeds,ajwain seeds and curry leaves now add the dry turkey berries and garlic cloves and fry until they turns brown, add immediately the diced onions,chopped tomatoes and cook until the onions turns transculent and tomatoes turns mushy..

Add the chilly powder,coriander powder,pepper powder,cumin powder,salt to the tamarind juice and finally add this spiced tamarind juice to the cooking veggies, cook everything in simmer until the oil gets separates,the gravy constitency should be bit thick..

Serve hot with hot steaming rice and papads..