Ingredients: 1 cup tur dal – pili, 1/4 cup white urad dal (split), 3 dry red chillies, 1/2 cup roasted chana dal, 1 teaspoon cumin seeds, 18 grams tamarind, 4 bud garlic, salt – 1 to taste Teaspoon mustard, 1 teaspoon white urad dal, 2 dry red chillies, 1 sprig curry leaves, asafetida – a pinch, oil

Time in minutes: 20 Servings: 4 Course: South Indian Breakfast Diet: Vegetarian

Instructions: To make Andhra Style Kandi Pachadi, first heat oil in a pan. Add tur dal, cumin seeds and cook till it becomes light brown. Now add urad dal and dry red chillies and cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Turn off the gas and allow this mixture to cool. Add tamarind, garlic, some water and grind it in a mixer grinder. Take out in a bowl. Now heat the oil in a tempering light in the tempering. Add the mustard seeds, urad dal and cook it for 10 seconds. Now add curry leaves, dry red chillies, asafoetida and cook it for 10 seconds. Add this tempering to the chutney and mix. Serve Andhra Style Kandi Pachdi with Keirai Sambar, Cabbage Thoran, Rice and Papad for dinner.