CURRY LEAVES CHUTNEY POWDER

Yields: ½ cup

Ingredients

Udad dal/uddina bele: ½ cup

Pepper seeds/menasu/meri: ½ tsp

Cumin seeds/jeera/jerige:½ tsp

Curry leaves:1 cup(washed and dried)

Red chilli: 2 nos.

Hing: ½ tsp

Salt: as required

Preparation

1. Dry roast udad dal, pepper seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves and red chilli separately, as each ingredient requires different temperature to get roasted.
2. Udad dal to be roasted till it turns light brown color, pepper seeds till crackles, cumin seeds till you get nice aroma, curry leaves and red chilli after roasting you should be able to break with hand.
3. Add hing powder and salt to it. Mix and keep aside for cooling.
4. Once cooled grind it into a fine powder.
5. Store in a air tight container.
6. Enjoy it with idli, dosa or just with hot plain rice and a little ghee.