PUDINA / MINT CHUTNEY

Posted on August 29, 2015 by sujasudi

PREPARATION TIME : 10 min.

METHOD :

* Separate, wash and clean well 1 bunch of Pudina leaves.

* In a kadai, dry fry –  2 spoons half-urad dal, 2 spoons pepper,  5 redchillies. Once fried, remove the items in the kadai, keep aside and switch off the gas.

* When the kadai is hot, put the mint leaves, and let it be there in the hot kadai for few min. (No need of frying this, when the gas is on)

* Grind the dry-fried items, mint leaves, salt, hing, pinch of turmeric powder + water  to a fine paste.

* Again in the kadai, with 3 spoons of oil (Nothing to season with), add the above ground paste and boil well until oil splits.

* This can be used with rice / idli / dosa / rotis.

* When boiled with more oil, this paste will remain fresh for more than a month