Palakottai (Jack fruit seed) Kuzhambu

Directions

• Wash thuvar dhal, add two cups of water along with a pinch of turmeric powder and pressure cook till soft.
• Soak tamarind in water and squeeze out the juice. Add sambar powder, turmeric powder and salt. Keep aside.
• Cut the palakottai (jack fruit seed) into two pieces and remove the outer white skin. If you fry the cut palakottai in a dry kadai for few minutes, you can easily remove the skin. You need not remove the pink skin.
• Add the palakottai along with two cups of water in a pressure cooker and cook for two whistles. Cool it and drain the excess water.
• Add the cooked pala kottai to the tamarind juice and allow to boil.
• Now add the cooked thuvar dhal mashed well.
• In a kadai add the oil and when it is hot add the mustard. When it pops up, add cut onions, curry leaves and fry for a while. Add this to the sambar. Mix well. Remove from stove.