Heat a pan and add horse gram. With constant stirring roast them till they nicely puff up and waft out aroma. Transfer them on a plate. Next add oil, red chillies and curry leaves. Roast them as well in medium flame till they crisp up.

Subsequently roast desiccated coconut till it is crisp. Let all the roasted ingredients cool down to room temperature. Take them in a blender along with tamarind, jaggery and salt. Powder them together to moderately coarse consistency.

Aromatic and healthy horse gram chutney powder is ready to serve as side dish with idli, dosa.

Do not leave the pan unattended while roasting the ingredients which may burn the bottom and ruin the taste.

Adjust red chillies as per your taste buds.

I like to add little jaggery to chutney powder for nice taste. If you don't like it, you can skip it