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Salna

Ingredients ground to a smooth paste 

Grated coconut - 1/4 cup heaped
Peanuts - 2 tsp
Pottukadalai - 1 & 1/2 tsp
Ginger and garlic paste - 1 & 1/2 tsp
Kalpasi/Black stone flower - a small piece
Cloves - 1
Cinnamon - a tint piece
Green chillies - 1
Fennel seeds - 1 tsp heaped
Tempering ingredients
Oil - 6 tsp
Cinnamon - a small piece
Cloves - 2
Cardamom - 1
Bay leaf - 1
Kalpasi - 1/2 tsp
Other ingredients
Chopped onion - 1/2
Chopped tomato - 1
Mint leaves few
Curry and coriander leaves few
Water as needed
Red chilly powder - 3/4 tsp
Kashmiri chilly powder - 1/4 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 & 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Garam masala - 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste

Plain Salna

Method
Heat oil in a pan and temper it.
Add onions few curry and mint leaves and fry till colour changes.Add the tomatoes and fry for a minute.Add all the spice powders and saute till raw smell has disappeared.
Now pour the ground masala pour water to the thickness you water.Cover it with a lid and in medium flamer simmer it for 10 minutes till the gravy is slightly thick and oil floats on top.
Switch off the stove and add the garam masala powder,mint and coriander leaves and serve hot with Appam,Parota.Biriyani,Idli or Dosa.

Empty Salna

Note:
a)You can add vegetables if you like.
b)You can make this salna in pressure cooker too.

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