Masala for stuffings

This masala is used in most of the stuffings in traditional maharashtrian recipes. This same masala can be used as stuffings in bhindi, brinjals, tendli, padwal etc with some slight variantion.


Ingredients:

1 cup              Grated Coconut

1/2 cup           Roasted Groundnuts

2 tsp               Dhania Powder

1 tsp               Jeera Powder

1/2 tsp            Pepper Powder

1/2 tsp            Kalonji

3 to 4             Kokums (1 tsp Amchur Powder can be used instead)

1 tsp              Sugar

1/2 ts             Namak Shamak

Method:

Roast the coconut for 3 to 4 mins on low flame. Now add the kokums, roasted groundnuts, kalonji, jeera powder, dhania powder, pepper powder, sugar and the salt. Grind the masala coarsely.