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MULAKU POTTICHATHU

Mulaku pottichathu is  an excellent chutney to go with tapioca or rice and a quickie dish when you fall short of curries.


Cooking time : 5mts  
To serve 6 
Ingredients:
1.Dried red chillies(vattal mulaku)     –  10 nos. (remove the stalk)
2.Small onion(chuvannulli)             –  10 nos.
3.Tamarind(valan puli) de-seeded – 1 gooseberry(nellikka) size ball
4. Coconut oil        – 3 tsp
5. Salt                    – to taste
6.Water                 –  2-3 tbsp
Method:
Mash  tamarind thoroughly adding  water and  salt to make a paste.Keep it aside .Saute vattal mulaku in 2 tsp of coconut oil while stirring continuously until it turns brown(approx 3 mts) and crispy.Immediately crush the sauteed chilly  and then grind onions using the grinding stone(preferably) or  in a mixie.Mix it with the tamarind paste and add the remaining coconut oil.
Variants: 

• Substitute water with curd to make tamarind paste.
• Vinegar may be used instead of tamarind.
• If dried red chilli is not available, use red chilli powder.
• If coconut oil is not available,use any other cooking oil.But the taste may vary considerably.

Note:  This may not be given to children as it is  hot.Reduce the number  of chillies  used or try the curd variant mentioned above.