Curry Leaves Chutney Powder

Ingredients:

1. Curry leaves -12 leaflets

2. Urad dal – 1/4 cup

3. Chenna dal -1/4 cup

4. Black pepper -10

5. Red chilli -10-12

6. Asafoetida – 1/4 tsp

7. Salt to taste

8. Tamarind- a small lemon size

9. Mustard – 1/4 tsp

Method:

1. Wash the curry leaves and sundry or dry them on a paper towel. In a pan add the urad dal (Black gram), 10 black pepper and red chilli .

2. Fry these three ingredients till the urad dal turns golden brown. Add curry leaves and fry for few more seconds until leaves totally becomes dry.

3. In a pan add oil and add the tamarind and asafoetida saute for 2-3 minutes in a low flame.

4. When all these above ingredients cool down, grind into a fine powder in a dry mixer.

5. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard and a red chilli. Once mustard cracks turn off the flame and add to the above mix. Store this powder in a dry container.

6. Add this powder to hot rice, mix with ghee or oil and have.