Poondu/Garlic Kulambu

11:01 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

Ingredients:

• Garlic pods - 40
• Shallot onion - 7
• Tomato - 1
• Sambar/Chilli powder - 1 tbsp
• Cumin seeds - 1 tbsp
• Pepper seeds - 1 tbsp
• Tamarind - small lemon size
• Salt as required
• Curry leaves few

Method:

• Grind onion, cumin seeds, and 1/2 tbsp pepper in to paste.
• Extract juice from the tamarind.
• Add oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, curry leaves cumin seeds, 1/2 tbsp  pepper, saute this for 1 minute.
• Now add garlic pods, fry this 2 or 3 minutes.
• Add the ground paste, sambar powder, and salt.
• Finally add tamarind juice and let it boil for 15 minutes.
• Serve this with rice and papad.

Garlic is very important for breast feeding mothers.
Garlic helps mother to feed milk for longer period.