Baby onion Katta salan goes very well as a side dish to give a varied dimension to your meal and tastes.
- Heat a pan add peanuts dry roast this in a slow flame, add sesame seeds, dry roast along with peanuts, then add coconut powder, saute it and put this into the blender, add some water and make a paste.
- Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds, when mustard seeds splutter add cumin seeds, red chilly, methi seeds, Kalonji (optional), add sliced onions, salt, curry leaves, cook this till onions are golden in colour, add ginger garlic paste cook this till raw flavor is gone, add turmeric, red chilly powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, green chilly.
- Add prepared paste and add water, mix it like a thin paste, cook this on a slow flame for 30 minutes, then add chopped coriander, chopped mint.
- Add tamarind juice, jaggery, salt, once it comes to boil and add baby onions (remove the peel) cook this on a slow flame for 15 minutes then switch off the flame.
Serve this with chapatti or rice.