Lamb Trotters curry(Aatukaal Paaya)

It's been a long time we made this at home,made this for sunday....as am into BM#7 combo meals...so i can post it for my blog tooo....Hope you all enjoy this recipe...

Ingredients:

Lamb Trotters-4no(clean the black charred deposit with a scrubber and then wash several times till it's clean)
Small onion-15nos
Tomatoes-3nos
Garlic-4no(chopped roughly)
Curry leaves-few
Green chillies-1nos
Coriander powder-3tsp
Cinnamon-2 pieces(2inches each)
Cloves-4nos
Coriander leaves
Turmeric-1/2tsp
Thin Tamarind extract-1tsp
Pepper-3tsp(Powder)

To Grind:


Saunf-1tsp
Red chillies-5nos
Coconut-1/4cup(small cup)
Ginger-1inch piece
Poppy seeds-1tsp


Method:
1.Cook the cleaned lamb trotters adding 1/2 tsp turmeric,garlic and pepper powder,salt and 5cups of water in a pressure cooker on low heat till it's soft(Takes nearly 1hr depends1).
2.Heat a heavy bottomed vessel with 2tsp oil,fry the whole spices and then add the chopped onion and curry leaves with green chilly and fry till golden brown.
3.Add chopped tomatoes and fry till mushy and sauted,add the ground paste and dry powders and fry well till  the raw smell disappears and oil shows up a bit,then add 1/2 cup water and add tamarind extract and boil covered over low flame for 10minutes,then add the contents from the cooker and cokk till everything is blended for another 10minutes,
4.Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with rice/breads,idli/dosa,appams..of ur choice..

Served with hot idli!

Another luk!