While growing up we stayed in Thiruvanmiyur for a while and this is a recipe I picked up from the "Aunty" downstairs. I loved it since day 1 :P
What you will need :
- 3 large onions chopped or sliced
- 1" piece of ginger
- 2-3 green chillies (optional)
- 2 tbsps cooking oil
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 3 dry red chillies broken into 1" bits
- Salt to taste
- Grind the onions, ginger and green chillies (if using) to a smooth paste . Remove into a serving bowl.
- In a small pan, heat the oil on a medium flame till it is very hot. Add the cumin seeds and fry till they stop spluttering. Now add the dry red chillies and fry till they turn darker.
- Add this tempering mixture of oil, cumin and red chillies to the onion-ginger-green chilli paste. Add salt to taste. Stir to mix well.
P.s: If you don't like the raw taste, can fry the onions a bit until pink and then grind with Ginger and chillies.