Name: Thalippu Vengaya Vadagam / Kari Vadagam / Sun dried Seasoning Onion Balls recipe by Menaga Sathia at BetterButter
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 14400 min
Total time: 14430 min
Yield: 20
Ingredients: Small Onion - 2 k; Turmeric powder -1/3 cup; Mustard Seeds - 3/4 cup; Split white urad dal -3/4 cup; Fenugreek seeds -1/3 cup; Whole Garlic - 6 nos; Jeera -1/2 cup; Fennel seeds -1/2 cup; Curry leaves - 1 cup Tightly packed; Castor oil -50 gms; Rock Salt -1 cup

ABOUT Thalippu Vengaya Vadagam / Kari Vadagam / Sun dried Seasoning Onion Balls RECIPE

Amma always makes her own Kari vadagam for every year.She prepared it in bulk and distribute to our relatives and friends.It can be used for seasoning the sambar,kuzhambu and kootu.its flavourful and tasty.Even we can make chutney /thuvaiyal.It can be stored upto a year.Every year amma/MIL passed to me whenever i go to india.Its a traditional recipe in tamilcuisine.

Ingredients Serving: 20

Small Onion - 2 k
Turmeric powder -1/3 cup
Mustard Seeds - 3/4 cup
Split white urad dal -3/4 cup
Fenugreek seeds -1/3 cup
Whole Garlic - 6 nos
Jeera -1/2 cup
Fennel seeds -1/2 cup
Curry leaves - 1 cup Tightly packed
Castor oil -50 gms
Rock Salt -1 cup

Instructions

*First peel the small onion and wash it well.Crush the onion in mixie in pulse mode.You can also chopped into very fine but mixie method is very easy.In a Ceramic pot /Glass jar /Clay pot add the crushed onion.
*Wash the mixie with little water add to the onion.Soak the Urad dal for 10 mins and drained the water.
*Add rock salt and turmeric powder to the onion mixtureand mix it well.Cover with a muslin cloth for 3 days.
*In 3rd day the crush the garlic pods with skin to coarse.Add the all rest of the ingredients to the onion mixture.
*Then next day,place a cotton cloth or plastic sheet in sunny area ,squeeze out the excess water from onion and spread it over in a cloth.Dry it for a whole day.
*On evening again put the mixture in onion water content.Do this process until it complete dry out.
*It can be take atleast 10 days for complete dry.Then add the castor oil and mix it well.And then the colour also changes into black.
*Store it properly for a year.

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