Preparation time: 5 min
Cooking time: 10 min
Serves: 2

Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)

1. 2 large sized onions
2. 1 tomato
3. 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
4. 1/2 tsp urad dal
5. 5 - 6 curry leaves
6. Big pinch turmeric powder
7. Big pinch hing or asafoetida
8. Salt as per your taste
9. 2 tbsp cooking oil

Ingredients for grinding: (measuring cup used = 240ml)

1. 2 tbsp roasted gram
2. 2 - 3 red chillies
3. 1 tsp coriander seeds
4. 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
5. 1 tsp fennel seeds

Instructions for making Eerulli bhaji or onion gojju:

1. To beginwith, chop the onions and tomatoes.
2. Take a frying pan and heat the oil. Add in mustard seeds and urad dal.
3. When the mustard seed splutters add in curry leaves.
4. Also add in chopped onions. Fry until onions turn soft.
5. Next add in chopped tomato, turmeric powder and asafoetida. Fry everything together for a while.
6. Add a little water.
7. Close the lid and cook until tomatoes turn soft. It will take around 5 minutes.
8. In that time let us prepare the masala powder. Grind roasted gram, red chilli, coriander seeds, cumin seeds and fennel seeds into a fine powder.
9. Add it into the cooked onion and tomato. Give a good mix.
10. Add in water as needed.
11. Also add in salt as per your taste. Give a quick mix.
12. Close the lid and cook for 2 minutes.
13. At the end sprinkle some coriander leaves. Switch off the stove. Serve it with chapathi or dose.

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