Ingredients

• 2 cups - green chillies
• 1 cup - roasted peanuts, powdered
• 1 cup - roasted gram, powdered
• 1/2 cup - roasted white sesame seeds, powdered
• 1/2 cup - grated coconut
• 3/4 cup - oil
• 1 tsp - mustard seeds
• 1 tsp - cumin seeds
• 1/2 tsp - asafetida powder
• 2 to 3 tsp - jaggery or to taste
• Size of big lime - tamarind
• salt to taste

How to Make Green Chili Palya

• Soak tamarind in 1/2 cup water and extract the juice.
• Wash the chillies, wipe dry and slice.
• Heat 1/4 cup of oil and fry chillies till they are wilted.
• Add salt to taste and process in a mixer till they are crushed.
• Heat the remaining oil and add mustards and cumin seeds. When they splutter, add asafoetida and crushed chillies.
• Add tamarind juice and allow it to simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add rest of the ingredients and mix well.
• Cook covered on a low flame for 10 minutes.
• Serve with steamed rice and dal.
• Note:
• This is a spicy, tasty palya. If you wish to make it less spicy, use big yellow chillies and/or slit and remove the seeds, along with the thin threads which attach the seeds to the chilli pods.