CHEMBU CHATTI MAZIYAL - BRAHMIN COOKING SPECIAL

INGREDIENTS • 100 g Chembu ( 7 -10 pieces) • 1 tsp Turmeric powder • Tamarind lemon sized ball • 3 nos Green chillies • 1 pinch Asafoetida powder- Kayam • 1 piece Jaggery -Vellam • 1 tsp Mustard seeds • 1/2 tsp Fenugreek seeds Uluva/vendiyam • 1 no Red chilly • 1 tbsp Coconut oil • 3 tsp Salt INSTRUCTIONS 1. For preparing chembu chatti massiyal -first boil chembu in enough water until done. Remove the skin of chembu pieces. Keep aside 2. Soak tamarind in water and squeeze it out. Add the boiled chembu to the tamarind water. Add turmeric powder, salt, green chillies and cook for few minutes. 3. Add jaggery and asafoetida and keep cooking till it becomes a little gravyish in state. 4. Fry mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds and red chilly in coconut oil. 5. Kindly note the preparation will taste wonderful if done in an earthen pot-Chatti. 6. Chembu chatti massiyal is ready.