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Ingredients- 2 cups white seasame seeds
- 1/2 cup senaga pappu (bengal gram)
- 1/2 cup minappa pappu (split black gram dal)
- 1 tbsp cumin seeds
- 2 tbsps coriander seeds
- 6-7 dried red chillis
- 8-10 crushed garlic pods
- salt to taste
- 1 tbsp oil
Procedure- Add a tbsp of oil in a pan and add the Bengal gram and split black gram dal and fry them on medium heat till they turn red.
- Don’t burn them. Keep tossing them around continuosly.
- Remove from pan and keep aside to cool.
- In the same pan add the cumin and coriander seeds and toss them on medium heat till they turn brown.
- approx 2-3 mts. Remove from pan and keep aside.
- In the same pan add the dry chillis and toss them for 2 mts.
- Remove and keep aside to cool.
- Now add the seasame seeds and toss them till they are crisp and roasted.
- Keep tossing them till they turn a light brown color (if necessary add a tsp of oil before roasting the sesame seeds). ]
- Turn off heat and cool all the roasted ingredients.
- Once cool, grind the dals first (grind them coarse), followed by coriander, cumin seeds and red chillis and grind again.
- Remove and keep aside to cool.
- Now add seasame seeds and garlic pods and grind for three to five seconds only (it should not form like a ball or paste) to make a coarse powder.
- Mix it with the earlier coarsely ground spices and salt.
- Store in an air-tight container.
- Serve hot with white steamed rice and ghee.
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