Serves: 5
Total Calories: 25

START WITH:
1 to 2 tablespoon melted butter or any vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon Asian sesame oil or ghee

ADD:
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice or lime lime, or vinegar
1/2 teaspoon dried fenugreek leaves
1/4 teaspoon ground black salt, or to taste

THEN MIX IN ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
1/2 to 1 teaspoon dry-roasted and coarsely ground cumin or black peppercorns
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1 teaspoon Chaat Masala or store-bought

Start with the melted butter mixed with the sesame oil. Add the lemon juice, fenugreek leaves and ground black salt. Then mix in one of the spices.

From "1,000 Indian Recipes." Copyright 2002 by Neelam Batra. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 5
Total Calories: 25
Calories from Fat: 24

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