Mirch Ka Salan

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 500 g large green chilies
• 1 tablespoon tamarind pulp, ball
• 1 cup water
• 16 cloves garlic
• 1 inch ginger
• 1 onion, finley chopped
• 1 teaspoon cumin seed
• 2 teaspoons coriander seeds
• 2 teaspoons sesame seeds
• 2 teaspoons cashew nuts
• 12 peanuts
• 2 inches dry coconut, grated
• 2 teaspoons chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 4 -5 tablespoons oil
• 12 curry leaves
• 2 red chilies, broken
• salt

Recipe

• 1 first of all you soak the tamrind ball in water and extract pulp.
• 2 chop six cloves garlic and keep aside.
• 3 heat 1 tsp oil in a frying pan and roast sesame seeds, cashew nuts, peanuts, desiccated coconut, corinader seeds, cumin seeds and onion and grind to a paste.
• 4 grind ginger remaining garlic, chilli powder and turmeric together.
• 5 mix both the pastes and add salt to taste.
• 6 set aside.
• 7 silt chilles, stem intact.
• 8 heat oil add chopped garlic, red chillies and curry leaves.
• 9 fry a little before putting in the ground pastes now fry the paste till it stops sticking to the sides this happens quick now add the chillies and tamring pulp.
• 10 cook covered on slow heat, till tender.