This dish is also called "Gun Powder" ( and that was not a typo!).This is a very easy dish to make and goes well hot steamed rice and ghee, Upma, Idlis and Dosas. The following is the video transcript: "Today we will make garlic powder. You will need: 1 cup of split and skinned Bengal gram 1 cup of white lentils 1 small cup of skinned garlic 1 tsp. of mustard seeds Salt to taste 1 - 2 tsp. of refined sunflower oil less than 1/2 tsp. of cumin seeds 1 tbsp. of Fenugreek seeds 1/2 tsp. of Asafoetida (Hing) 1/2 a cup of dried tamarind 1 big bowl of dried red chilies (50 grams) or to taste Preparation: Heat a deep frying pan and add some oil in it. Add the mustard seeds.Add the cumin seeds.Add the fenugreek seeds. Fry for a few seconds.Add the garlic pieces and fry for a minute.Add the Asafoetida. Add the split Bengal gram and the white lentils.Mix to uniformity.Fry until the Bengal gram and lentils turn light brown for 10 minutes on medium flame.It will take around 10 minutes.Now, add the tamarind and fry for a minute or two.Add the red chilies.The quantity of red chilies can be adjusted as desired and fry for 2 minutes.After frying for 2 minutes add some salt.You can now turn off the gas stove and wait for it to cool to room temperature and then grind it to fine powder.Grind it to powder like this.The powder is now ready to be consumed and tastes great with Idlis , Dosas , steamed rice and Upma.This is a healthy dish as it is low on oil Thanks for watching. Do subscribe to gharelurecipes on http://youtube.com/user/gharelurecipes for more recipes.and contains more garlic. "

• published: 25 Jul 2015
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