Heat a pan adding chickpea lentils and with constant stirring dry roast them. When it turns little brown, transfer them on to plate and put the pan back on stove adding sesame seeds. They pop up as get roasted, transfer to the same plate.

Next, heat the same pan with black gram lentils followed by red chillies, curry leaves, tamarind and garlic. Roast in medium flame. The lentils change in color and red chillies puff up. Transfer and switch off the flame. Let all the roasted ingredients cool down to room temperature.

Take roasted ingredients in a blender along with salt and asafoetida and powder them together coarsely.

Very healthy and nutty flavored sesame seeds chutney powder is ready to serve as side dish with idli, dosa.

Keep the flame medium while roasting and ensure the ingredients aren't burnt.

Adjust red chillies and salt according to your taste.

You can use even white sesame seeds. In that case color differs.