Curry leaves chutney powder

1. Fresh curry leaves – 2-3 cups
2. Fresh grated coconut – 1 and 1/2 cups
3. Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon
4. Pepper corns – 1 teaspoon
5. Asafoetida(soft) – size of apeanut
6. Red chillis – 3-4
7. Tamarind (dry) – a little
8. Salt – to taste.
Ingredients of Curry leaves Chutney powder(Dry)
What you do with what you have:
1. Grate coconut, wash and clean curry leaf strands and separate the leaves and keepit aside.
2. Place a skillet with 2 teaspoons of cooking oil in it. When heated fry Asafoetida in it till it turns crispy and keep it aside.
3. To the same oil add pepper corns and when it sputters add cumin seeds toit. When fried add red chiliesand soon after add grated fresh coconut and fry for a while.
4. When half done add curry leaves to it and fry till the mixture turns crispy butdoes not get burnt.
5. Add fried Asafoetida fromstep 2 to it, add Tamarind and salt and stir well. The fried mixture is as shown in the image below. Allow it tocool.
Curry leaves chutney powder mixture(Dry)
5. Dry grind the chutney mixture in the mixer to a medium fine consistency and is as shown in the image below.
On cooling store it in dry containers and that should remain afresh for about 15-20 days. Enjoy with idlis, dosas and parathas etc..