Brussel Sprout curry

If you are like me, who often wondered what one do with Brussel Sprouts and just skipped it on the vegetale aisle in the market, here is a tasty recipe that you could try. I picked this cute looking vegetable and here's what i made. It looks like baby cabbage, if you dont know what i am talking about.

Ingredients:
10-12 small Brussel sprouts- chop of the ends and slit into two halves.If very small retain as whole.
1 small onion-finely chopped
2 tomatoes- finely chopped
1 tsp chilly powder
1 tsp Mustard seeds
1 tsp Cumin seeds
1 Red chilly slit
1 tsp asafoetida
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp tamarind paste
2 tsp jaggery/brown sugar
1 tsp sambhar powder
Salt to taste
Oil for cooking

In a cooking pan, put 2 tsp of oil. When the oil is hot, add mustard, cumin seeds and turmeric. Add the slit red chilly, asafoetida powder and the chopped onions. Saute till the onions turn light brown. Add tomatoes and cook for 5 mins, till it becomes tender.Add the tamarind paste, Brussel sprouts and sambhar powder and salt.Mix all the ingredients well in the pan. Close the pan and cook for 10 - 15 mins. Check for water in the pan, else add some water to enable the brussel sprouts to cook.Add jaggery once it is cooked and mix well.
The brussel sprout curry is now ready to be eaten with hot rotis/rice