Add 1/2 tablespoon oil to the pan when the oil is hot add fennel seed, poppy seeds, pepper and cardamom pods; let fennel seed crackle

Add onion and sauté till onions are translucent

Add ginger and garlic;mix well and sauté for a minute

Add tomatoes and green Chilli; cook till tomatoes are mushy

Add turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala and cumin powder;sauté for 2 mins

Add coconut and sauté for a min. switch off

Add pottukadalai and cashew and let it cool down

Add all the veggies in a vessel, little salt and 2 tablespoon of water. Close it with a lid and pressure cook for 1 whistles

After the tomato onion mixture is cold grind it without water

Add 1/2 tablespoon of oil and add the ground paste and salt(if required)

Cook for 3-4 mins

After pressure subsides transfer the cooked vegetable to the pan

Add 1 cup of water and pinch of sugar; mix well

Cover and cook for 5 minutes

Sprinkle coriander leaves and switch off

in a medium flame, saute the ingredients listed under 'to grind' (including the masala powders, except coconut and fried gram). Once tomato shrinks, add coconut and saute for 2 mins. Switch off and cool down. Once it comes to room temperature, transfer the roasted ingredients to a mixer, add little water and grind to coarse paste. Set aside