Pepper Corn Gravy

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.