There are two ways you can make Seeni sambol, one I learnt from my mother, the other learnt from the grandmother. By the way seeni is sugar. So this is a delicious spicy recipe of sweet and sour onions. It’s great with rice, roti or even bread.

Ingredients

• 2 Big onions finely chopped, I use a V-slicer for this, it does the job in seconds, without tears !1
• soak 1/2 teaspoon of tamarind in some warm water
• 4 Curry leaves
• 2 Enasal (Cardamom)
• small piece of cinnamon
• 4 table spoons of maldive fish chips
• 1 teaspoon of sugar
• 8 table spoons of oil (Vegetable , Sunflower or Coconut)

How to prepare

Method 1

1. Fry onions in a oily pan
2. When the onions are dry add curry leaves, enasal (cardamom) and cinnamon.
3. Fry more and add tamarind water without the pieces.
4. Fry more until golden brown
5. Add maldive fish chips
6. Mix and fry more add chili powder (brown the powder in the same pan on a side until dark colored) and salt.
7. Mix and fry more. Add some sugar.

Method 2 (This is the easier and quicker method)

1. Add onions, darkened chili powder (darkened in the pan), curry leaves, enasal (cardamom), cinnamon, salt, tamarind water, Maldive fish
2. Mix the above well.
3. Heat oil in the pan put some curry leaves
4. Add the mixture and fry until golden brown.

Either way you will end up with a great looking delicious dish to server with Rice, rotti etc..
This can be kept in the fridge and used later.