South Indian Red Amaranth With Onions And Garlic - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 large onion, quartered
15 cloves garlic
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
5 cups chopped red amaranth leaves, with their stems
2 pods green tamarind
5 teaspoons red chile powder, or to taste
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon butter
Seasoning:
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 red chile peppers, halved, or more to taste
2 sprigs fresh curry leaves
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 teaspoon skinned split black lentils (urad dal)

Preparation

Place onion and garlic in a food processor; pulse into a coarse paste.
Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add chopped leaves and stems and onion paste; stir to combine, about 1 minute. Stir in tamarind pods, chile powder, and turmeric. Pour in water and bring to a simmer, 3 to 5 minutes. Cook until water evaporates, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir in butter.
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chile peppers, curry leaves, garlic, mustard seeds, and black lentils. Cook and stir until seeds pop and mixture is fragrant, 3 to 5 minutes. Fold into amaranth mixture to serve.