CHINTAKAYA PACHADI

INGREDIENTS:

• Tamarind - 500g

• Green chillies - 4 nos

• Red chillies - 3 no

• Mustard seeds -  1tsp

• Jeera - 1 tsp

• Urad dal - 1 tsp

• Chana dal - 1 tbsp

• Methi - ½ tsp

• Hing - ¼ tsp

• sugar/ jaggery - ½ tsp

• Oil - as required

• Curry leaves

• Turmeric - 1 tsp

METHOD:

• Select fresh tamarind and grind them in a coarse paste add salt and turmeric and store it in a container. After 3 days again grind it in a paste and keep it aside.

• Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds, jeera. When they start spluttering add urad dal and chana dal. Fry until they turn golden brown add green chillies and red chillies.

• Grind these ingredients in to a fine mixture. Then add chintakaya thokku to it and grind it into a smooth paste add sugar/ jaggery while grinding.

• Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds to crackle add hing and switch off the flame. Add the tadka to the pachadi. 

• Your thokku is ready.