Flax seed powder
Flaxseed may help lower the risk of some cancers, maintain a moderate weight, and reduce cholesterol and blood pressure.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Flax Seeds
- 1 tbsp Urad Dal
- 1 tbsp Chana Dal
- 10 Red Chillis
- 12 Garlic
- Salt to Taste
- 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
- Pebble size Tamarind
- 1 tsp Oil
Instructions
- Heat 1/2 tsp oil in a pan.
- Add urad dal and fry till they change colour.
- Once urad dal started changing colour add chana dal and saute them together.
- Transfer them to a plate and keep them aside.
- Again heat 1/2 tsp oil and add cumin seeds.
- As they start crackling add red chillis and tamarind.
- Lastly add garlic and saute them again.
- Keep them aside to cool.
- Clean the kadai and add flax seeds and dry roast them.
- Roast them till they crackle.
- Keep them aside to cool.
- In a blender jar add red chillis, tamarind and dals.
- Do not add garlic and salt here.
- Blend them coarsly.
- Add flax seeds and again blend them.
- Add garlic and blend once again.
- Lastly add salt and combine all of them once again.
- Serve spicy and delicious flaxseed powder with hot piping rice and a spoonful of ghee.
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Notes
- Dry roast flax seeds.
- Add red chilli according to your taste.
- Add salt in the last.
- Otherwise the powder turns out to be sticky.
- You can add curry leaves and peanuts to make it more flavourful.