Menthe hittu recipe | How to make menthya powder | Menthe chutney pudi
By Latha on May 8th, 2021
Menthe hittu or menthya powder recipe explained with step by step pictures and video. Menthe hittu or menthya powder is a most flavorful, very tasty and healthy recipe. Menthe hittu is prepared using gram dal, urad dal, moong dal, toor dal, wheat, rice, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, methi seeds and turmeric. Menthe hittu is a traditional recipe from Karnataka.
If you are looking for more chutney powder recipes then do check my plain chutney powder, shenga hindi (peanut chutney powder - north Karnataka style), karibevu chutney pudi (curry leaves chutney powder), Flax seeds chutney powder and Flax seeds - Garlic chutney powder recipes.
Menthe hittu or menthya pudi is a very healthy recipe. I have added cumin seeds in this recipe, which you can replace it with 1/4 tsp asafoetida. Also I have not added any chillies here. If you wish you can add few red chillies or 1/2 tsp black pepper. If you are looking for more methi seeds recipes then do check menthe huli or fenugreek seeds rasam and menthe thambli or raita recipes. Or if you are loooking for some recipes using methi or fenugreek leaves then do check my menthe palle (methi dal), menthe soppina rice bath and menthe soppina parota (methi paratha) recipes.
I prefer home made masala powders and I have already posted udupi rasam powder, bisi bele bath powder, Mysore rasam powder, sambar powder, vangi bath powder and puliyogare powder recipes. Now let us get on to the menthe hittu recipe or menthya chutney powder recipe.
I have made a video on this recipe with Kannada narration, which I have embedded it below. Kindly have a look.
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 15 min
Serves: 1.5 cup
Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 1/2 cup gram dal or kadlebele
- 1/4 cup urad dal or uddinabele
- 1/4 cup moong dal or hesarubele
- 1/4 cup toor dal or togaribele
- Little less than 1/4 cup wheat (or broken wheat)
- 2 tsp rice
- 1 tsp coriander seeds
- 3/4 tsp methi seeds
- 3/4 tsp cumin seeds
- 1/4 tsp turmeric
- Salt as per your taste
Instructions for making menthe hittu:
- Take all the ingredients as per the measurement.
- Heat a frying pan and roast gram dal or chana dal until golden brown under medium flame. Once done take them out and set it aside.
- Followed by add in moong dal. Roast moong dal until light brown under medium flame. Once done take them out and set it aside.
- After that add in toor dal. Roast toor dal until golden brown under medium flame. Once done take them out and set it aside.
- To the same pan, add in urad dal. Roast urad dal until golden brown under medium flame. Once done take them out and set it aside.
- Next add in broken wheat. Roast broken wheat until whitish under medium flame. Once done take them out and set it aside.
- Finally add in remaining 4 ingredients like rice, coriander seeds, cumin seeds and methi seeds. Fry them all until rice turns whitish under low flame.
- Once done, switch off the stove. Add in turmeric and give a quick mix.
- Add in all other previously fried ingredients. Give a quick mix and let it cool.
- Add in salt as per your taste. I have added around 1 spoon of salt.
- Once they are cool, transfer them into a mixie jar and grind until fine powder. Store it in an airtight container. You can serve it with hot rice along with ghee.
- You can also prepare gojju. For that take powder, salt, tamarind and jaggery in a bowl. Prepare a thin paste by adding required water.
- Temper it with oil, mustard, red chilli, curry leaves and asafoetida.
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