Pepper Chutney (Milagu Thugayal)

Ingredients:

Milagu Thugayal

Black gram dal   -  2 table spoons
Pepper               -  2 table spoons
Red chili             -  1 no
Tamarind            -  1 small lemon size
Asafoitida           -  1/2 tea spoon
Ghee                  -  1 tea spoon
Jaggery (Gur)     -  1 tea spoon
Salt to taste

1.  Soak tamaring in warm water for 1/2 hr.
2.  Heat ghee in a kadai, add black gram dal, pepper, red chilies and stir fry till the dal becomes golden brown.
3.  Remove from kadai, allow to cool, add asafoitida, gur, soaked tamarind and jaggery and grind coarsely, adding little water.
4.  Tastes terrific with dal rice or curd rice.  Also with roti or paratha.