Mirchi Salan for Biryani

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup peanuts
• 2 tbsp sesame seeds
• 2 tsp poppy seeds
• 1 inch ginger
• 4 cloves garlic
• 2 green chilli
• 1 small piece tamarind
• water for grinding
• 3 tbsp oil
• 1/2 tsp mustard
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• 1/4 tsp methi
• 1 pinch hing
• leaves few curry
• 1/2 tsp haldi
• 5 Green Chilli (Bhavnagri Mirchi)
• salt to taste
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• 1 tsp dhania powder
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 1 tsp gur powder
• 1 cup water

Steps

1. Take a pan, dry-roast peanuts until they turn crunchy.
2. Add sesame, poppy seed. Dry roast on a low flame till the spices turn aromatic. Cool completely, and transfer to the mixer jar.
3. Add a small piece of tamarind,garlic ginger and green chilli add water and grind to a smooth paste. Keep aside.
4. In a kadai, heat oil. Add mustard,cumin, methi, a pinch of hing and a few curry leaves.
5. Add green chilli slit it.Saute for few minutes till it turns white stirring continuously in low flame.Once cooked drain chilli and keep aside.
6. In the same oil add turmeric, red chilli powder cumin powder coriander powder garam masala and salt sauté well in low flame.
7. Add prepared masala paste and water.Add gur powder. Mix well and boil for 10 minutes or until the oil separates.
8. Add chilli and cook again for 1 min.
9. Salan is ready.Serve it with roti Parantha and Biryani.