Ingredients

• water – 2 Cups
• Red Lentils (Toor Dal) – 1/2 Cup
• Garlic – 10 Cloves
• Cumin Seeds – 1/2 Tea Spoon
• Red Chillies – 5
• Salt – 1 Table Spoon
• Tamarind – 15 grams
• Curry Leaves – Handfull ( you can use as many you like)

Instructions

• Dry Roast Lentils, Cumin seeds and red chillies separately.
• Allow the ingredients to cool until room temperature
• Blend the roasted ingredients to a coarse paste by adding 1/2 Cup water.
• Add 1 1/2 cups of water to it.
• cook this paste in a sauce pan for 10 min stirring continuously.
• Heat the fry pan, take 3 table spoons of sesame oil for seasoning.
• Add Garlic cloves and curry leaves to the Fry Pan.
• Saute it until garlic cloves turn to golden brown and add to the cooked lentil stew.

Notes

http://andhrarecipesonline.com/how-to-prepare-lentil-stew-kandikattu-kandicharu/