Khatta Arbi / Chamagadda pulusu - Mom's secret masala recipe.

Preparation : 5 mins
Cooking : 15 mins
Serves : 4

Ingredients :
Arbi / Chamagadda : 250 gms
Green Chilies : 4 to 5 or as per your taste.
Medium size Onion : Half
Coriander seeds : 3 tspns
Cumin seeds : 2 tspn
Mustard seeds : 1 + 1/2 tspn
Tamarind : Medium Lemon size
Turmeric : 1 tspn
Garlic pods : 4
Curry leaves : few
Coriander powder : 1 tspn
Cumin and methi powder : 1/2 tspn
Salt as per your taste
Red chilly powder : 2 or more tspn as per your taste
Sesame seeds powder : 2 1/2 tspn
Chana dal : 2 tspn
Urad dal : 2 tspn
Hing : 1/4 tspn
Oil: 3 tspn
Curry leaves : Few

Method:

1. Boil arbi in water with little salt and oil.
2. Char onion, green chilies, garlic pods on direct heat.
3. Immerse tamarind in Luke warm water and let it sit for 10 mins. Mix water and tamarind with your hand and extract tamarind juice not pulp or pure. It should be little thicker than water consistency.
4. On medium flame, place aluminum pan. Add Sesame seeds and saute them for 2 mins and transfer them in to a plate.
5. Now in the same pan add coriander seeds, 1 tspn chana dal, 1 tspn urad dal 1 tspn cumin seeds and 1tspn 1 tspn mustard seeds saute them for 2 mins and transfer it to a plate.
6. Now grind sesame seeds, chana dal, urad dal, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, charred green chilies, garlic pods and onion together by adding very little amount of water.
7. Place aluminium pan on medium flame, add oil, mustard seeds, chana dal, urad dal and hing.
8. Add Boiled and diced arbi and saute them. Add turmeric powder, curry leaves, hing and red chilly powder and saute them with out mashing arbi.
9. Now add tamarind extract and saute. Close the lid and let it cook for 5 mins on medium flame.
10. Now add prepared masala paste, salt, coriander powder, jeera methi powder  and mix well. Now close the lid and let it cook for 5 more mins or until you see oil on sides of the pan or over the gravy.
11. Now add coriander leaves and turn off the flame.
12. Serve hot with steamy rice. Goes well with Jowar or bajre ki roti.