Ingredients
1. Red chilies (1 cup, broken into small pieces and tightly packed)
2. cumin seeds (1tsp)
3. hing powder (1tsp)
4. oil (1tbsp)
5. fenugreek or methi seeds (1/2tsp)
6. gram dal (2tbsp)
7. dry coriander seeds (1c)
8. curry leaves (3 sprays)

Method of preparation:-
1. Take the chilies; break them up with the stalks into small pieces. It make easy to powder them. Take a kadai, place it over heat. Heat the oil in it and then fry the hing and fenugreek in it on slow heat until they turn light brown in color.

2. Now add gram dal, cumin seeds, red chilies, coriander seeds and curry leaves and fry them for about 5 minutes on low heat. When all these get roasted then there arises a lovely aroma. Now take off the kadai from the heat and keep it to cool.

3. Put this roasted masala mixture in the mixie and then powered it finely. Put this powdered masala in a bottle to store it. This powder cab be used for 2 to 3 months. You can use the chilies with the stalk as the stalks also provide the fiber for the body.