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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Food of India: A Journey for Food Lovers

By Priya Wickramasinghe

Published 2005

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Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 3-4 tablespoons oil
  • ¼ teaspoon

Method

Place a small frying pan over low heat and dry-roast ¼ teaspoon of the cumin seeds until aromatic. Grind the roasted seeds to a fine powder using a pestle and mortar.

Heat the oil over low heat in a karhai or heavy-based saucepan. Add the mustard seeds and remaining cumin seeds, cover and all