Coriander Masala Thokku

Ingredients:

• 1 kg Onion
• 1 Big Bunch of Coriander
• 100 Gms. Garlic
• Lemon size Tamarind
• 100Gms. Ginger
• 100Gms. Green chilly
• 1/4 kg oil
• Salt
• Mustard seeds for seasoning
• Asafetida powder and fenugreek powder (optional)
• 2 Red chilly
• One small piece of Jaggery

Method:

• Wash, clean and finely chop coriander
• Chop onions, garlic and green chilies.
• Peel the skin of ginger and make pieces.
• Soak tamarind and take thick water from that.
• Pour oil in a deep pan and put onion, ginger, garlic and green chilies and fry well
• Add thick tamarind water and bring it to a boil.
• And let it boil for a while.
• Now add chopped coriander leaves and switch off the stove.
• Close the pan and keep as it is for 10 minutes.
• After that put all the ingredients in the pan in a mixer grinder and grind them finely.
• Now again pour oil in the pan and make seasoning and add the grind paste in that and mix well.
• Add salt.
• Add powdered Jaggery.
• Mix well till the coriander thokku cooks well.
• When oil comes out of the thokku you can switch off the stove.
• You can use the coriander thokku as side dish for idly, dosa, chapatti, puri and for curd rice also.