Ingredients

• 1 cup - mint leaves
• 2 tbsp - channa dal
• 1 tbsp - udad dal
• 1 tbsp - mustard seeds
• 2 or 3 - red chillies
• 1 tbsp - oil or ghee
• salt

How to Make Pudina Powder

• Remove the mint leaves from the stalks. Wash and wrap in a newspaper for some time. This will absorb all the moisture of the leaves.
• Heat oil in a thick-bottomed kadai.
• Add red chillies, channa dal, udad dal and mustard seeds.
• Once the chillies darken in colour and mustard starts sputtering, remove from fire and keep aside.
• In the same pan, add the cleaned mint leaves and saute on low fire for some 10 mins.
• They will slowly start getting dark green or light brown in colour. Remove from fire and let it cool.
• Add the mint leaves, the fried seeds and salt and powder coarsely in the blender.
• You can add a spoon of dry desiccated coconut if you wish.
• This powder can be mixed with sesame oil and eaten with hot idlis or rice.