Ingredients and method to make the lentil powder.
1/2 cup red gram lentil (Tur Dhal)
2 tsp whole black pepper
4 dry red chillies
salt to taste ( I used about 1 tsp)
Dry roast the red gram lentil until it starts turning reddish and there is some aroma from it.
Dry roast the whole black pepper and the red chillies.
Cool all of this and powder it in a spice grinder or regular blender until mostly fine.
Add salt to taste and mix well and store in a clean dry air tight container.
Serve with hot rice,papads and any gravy curry or with just yogurt on the side.
Approximately use about 1 tsp of this powder for about 1/4 cup of rice.
Variation :This can also be made using split mung bean (split moong dhal) instead of red gram,with all other proportions the same.
