Paruppu Urandai with Tamarine sauce dipping

Ingredients:

Urud dal - 1 cup
Coconut - .25 cup
Dry Chilli - 4
Mustard Seeds - 2 tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1/4 Tsp
Asafotedia - 1/2 tsp
Oil - 1 tbsp
Salt to Taste

Method:

1. Soak dal and chilli for one hour and drain the water and grind them together with coconut, asofetida and salt, till the mixture is coarse.
2. Pour the oil in a kadai and add mustard sees, cumin seeds, curry leaves and add the ground tuvardal mixture, and mix well.
3. Once it has reached a bindable consistency(so it can be made into balls), make small balls, and steam them for 7 to 8 minutes.

For the Dipping:

1. Take tamarin juice and add red chilli, salt, curry leaves, and a little jaggery and mix this mixture by hand till the flavors of the ingredients infuse with the tamarin juice.
2. Season the mixture with mustard seeds.
3. Serve with the Paruppu Urandais as an evening snack.