North indain spice mix for instant pickles

Ingredients

• Red chillies – 2 cups (tightly packed)
• Black Cumin (Mangrail/ Kalonji) – 2 tbsp
• Fenugreek – 4 tbsp
• Jeera (Cumin) – 2 tbsp
• Black Pepper Corns – 2 tbsp
• Amchur – 8 tbsp
• Turmeric – 2 tsp

 Method : 

 Microwave all ingredients except turmeric together on high for a minute. Or dry them out in the sun – so they lose any external moisture that may be present.

Grind all ingredients together to a powder.

Store in an air tight container. Keeps well for months. Use whenever you want to pickle anything the North Indian way.

 See even the making of this podi is not going to take you much time.