How to make Mint (pudina) chutney ?
Ingredients:
Mint leaves – 1/2 bunch or 1 cup full Oil – 2 tbsp Urid dal – 3 tbsp Chana dal – 1 tbsp Mustard seeds – 1 tsp Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp Asafoetida – 1 tsp Fenugreek seeds – 1/2 tsp Tamarind paste – 1/4 tsp (if using the dry tamarind then use a small piece or about marble sized ball) Salt to taste Dry red chillies – 4 to 5 (according to the spice level of theĀ chillies) Curry leaves – 4 to 5 leaves Jaggery – 4 tbsp Water to adjust consistencyProcedure:
Clean and wash the mint leaves and keep them aside. Take a wok or kadai and heat it to medium high, to that add oil. To the hot oil add mustard seeds and cumin seeds and let them splatter. Now add urid dal, chana dal, fenugreek seeds and dry red chillies and let the brown a little until the leave aroma. Now, add asafoetida and let it cook for a few seconds. To the above add curry leaves and tamarind dry whole(if you do not prefer tamarind paste) wait till it splutters. Now add washed and drained mint leaves and cook them for a few seconds, and remove the wok from flame/heat. Let the whole mixture cool down. Once , the mixture is cool to grind transfer it into a grinding jar and grind till fine powder To the above powder add jaggery, salt, tamarind paste (if you have not added dry whole tamarind in the above step) and a little water to bring the consistency to a paste. Serve to Perumal with hot rice or dosa or idli and enjoy His prasadam.
