Roasted Red Chilli-Garlic Chutney for idli/dosa

Ingredients:

• Red chillies – 10 no
• Garlic gloves – 4 no
• Gingelly/sesame oil – 2 tbs
• Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
• Asafoedita – one pinch
• Curry leaves – 5 no
• Salt to taste

Procodure:

1. Heat one tsp gingelly oil in a kadai.
2. Saute red chilli and garlic till they turn golden brown. Allow it to cool and add salt.
3. Grind all the ingredients into thick paste. Add a little water to make a thin, smooth paste.
4. Heat one tsp gigelly oil in a kadai, add half tsp mustard seeds. When it splutters, add a pinch of asafoedita and five curry leaves.
5. Mix it well with the chutney.