Chutney Powder

Ingredients:
Chana dal 1 cup
Urad dal 1 cup
Tamarind marble sized
Red Chilli 1 cup
Sesame seeds 2 tbsp
Jaggery a small piece
Oil
Salt to taste

Method:
Take 1 tsp oil. Add chana dal and roast it till light brown.
Similarly  roast the Urad dal and chilli separately.
At the end dry roast the sesame seeds and add to the dals.
Let it cool down.
In a mixer first grind the chilli, tamarind, salt.
Then add the dals, jaggery, sesame seeds  to it and grind coarsely.
Store in a airtight container.
For use, take a teaspoon of this chutney powder and mix it with sesame oil and serve it with steaming Idli s or Dosas.
Note: Donot use lot of oil for roasting the dals and chilli. Use of nonstick pan will reduce the consumption of oil and thus will increase the shelf-life of the powder.
For roasting the sesame no oil is required as the seeds contain oil.