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Green Chilly Curry
Ingredients
1/4 Kg Green Chillies - long thick variety. 1/4 cup oil; 3 med. size onions finely minced; 1 tspn ginger paste; 1 tspn Garlic paste; 1/2 tspn turmeric powder; A lime size ball of tamarind soaked in 1 - 2 cups of warm water.Salt to Taste. For Grinding to a paste: 1 onion (sliced & fried); 1 tbspn each coconut/peanuts/white Yellu/Roasted Corriander seeds powdered; 1 tspn roated Jeera Seeds powdered; 1/4 tsp. Turmeric powder; 1 tspn Chillie Powder.
Method
Slit chillies lengthwise, soak them in salt water for 1/2 an hour, drain & keep aside. Heat Oil& fry chillies till the chillies change its colour - keep aside. In the same oil fry the minced onions to a golden brown add ginger garlic paste & fry on slow heat for 2-3 mins.now add the onion paste ingredients & continue to fry on low heat till oil comes to the surface, at this stage add the tamarind pulp & salt to taste mix well & leave to simmer, & the gravy thicken - now drop in the fried Chillies, mix well & leave to simmer for a further 3-5 mins. Remove from heat & garnish with chopped corriander leaves & serve with Roti/Pulao or boiled rice. P N If more tamarind is required - as per yr. taste you could include accoring to your taste. The Gravy should resemble a sauce consistency Pearls recipe

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