Poondu Venkaya kuzhambu / small onion garlic curry

Ingredients needed for Poondu Venkaya Karakuzhambu
1 cup Garlic
1 cup small onion
1 tomato
few Curry leaves
2 tsps coriander powder
2 tsps Sambar powder
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder-
2 tsps Tamarind paste
1 tbsp gingelly oil

For seasoning
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp saunf
1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds
1 red chilli broken into bits
few curry leaves

How to prepare Poondu Venkaya Karakuzhambu?
Mix the tamarind paste in three cups of water. Add the coriander powder, sambar powder, turmeric powder and salt to taste to it and mix well. Check for sourness. Add more tamarind if you need. 
Cut the small onions into 2 or 3 lengthwise pieces.
Keep the garlic whole if they are small otherwise slit them in to two it.
Cut the tomatoes also into small pieces.
Heat oil in a fry pan / Kadai. Splutter mustard seeds, saunf, fenugreek seeds and a red chilli broken in to bits. ‎When the chilli turns shade add the curry leaves, onions, garlic and the tomatoes. Sauté nicely. Now add the masalas powders mixed tamarind water to the pan. Let the gravy boil for 3-5 minutes.
Then simmer and allow the gravy to cook till it gets thick. 
Garnish with a few fresh curry leaves and serve hot with rice and papad.

Points to Note
While sautéing if you add some dry vegetables like sundakkai or manathakkali this can be called as vathal kuzhambu