Idli Powder

Ingredients
1/2 cup Bengal gram
1/2 cup split black gram
10 red chilies broken
1/4 tsp asafetida
1 tbsp oil or clarified butter for frying
salt to taste


Method
Fry all the ingredients in the oil / clarified butter and grind them into powder adding salt. It goes well with idli and dosa.

Sesame Seeds Powder Ingredients 1 cup white sesame seeds 10 red chillies broken into bits or 1 tsp red chilly powder 1 tsp cumin seeds salt to taste Method Roast one cup of sesame seeds in a frying pan. These seeds crackle while frying and the moment it stops it is an indication that they are roasted. Remove from flame and add the red chilli pieces along with cumin seeds and mix. Allow them to cool and powder in a dry grinder. The powder can be mixed with rice and half spoon clarified butter or cooking oil. This powder can also be used to add spice to plain curries made with bottle gourd, ribbed gourd, snake gourd, beans, ladies fingers and cabbage

Mint Chutney

Ingredients
Fresh mint leaves (plucked separately)
1 cup coriander leaves
1/2 cup cumin seeds
2 tsp tamarind juice
5-6 green chillies
salt to taste

Method
Add all the ingredients and grind with minimum water.