Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 30 min
Serves: 1.5 cup

Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)

1. 10 - 20 red chilies (adjust as per your taste)
2. 1/2 cup gram dal or chana dal
3. 1/3 cup urad dal
4. 2 - 4 sprigs of curry leaves
5. 1/2 cup dry coconut or desiccated coconut
6. 1/2 tsp asafoetida
7. 1 gooseberry sized tamarind or 2 tsp of vate huli powder
8. 1/2 tsp sugar (optional)
9. 2 tsp cooking oil
10. Salt as per your taste

Instructions for making chutney powder or chutney pudi:

1. To begin with take a frying pan and heat it. Add in 1 tsp of cooking oil and roast the red chilies. Fry until they are puffed up. Once they are done take them out and set it aside.
2. Next to the same pan, add in gram dal or chana dal. Dry roast until slightly brown under medium flame. Once they are done take them out and set it aside.
3. Followed by add in urad dal. Dry roast until slightly brown under medium flame. Once they are done take them out and set it aside.
4. Next Add in curry leaves. Start roasting them under low medium flame.
5. Roast until curry leaves turns crispy. To that add in asafoetida and tamarind pieces. Please note, I have used vate huli powder (Monkey jack fruit powder). Roast them for a while. Once done take them out and set it aside.
6. Next add in dry or dessicated coconut and roast for few minutes.
7. Switch off the stove and add in all other previously fried ingredients. Also add in salt and suagr (as per your taste). Give a quick mix.
8. Once the roasted ingredients are cool, transfer them into a mixie jar.
9. Grind until fine powder. You can make it either fine or coarse powder depending on your choice.
10. Grind in two batches. Mix it well and store it in an air tight container.

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