Chutney pudi must be definitely the top of the condiments that grandmom used to dish out. For years, its recipe was a closely guarded secret, not even mom was allowed to peek in the kitchen when literally bucket loads of this aromatic spice powder was being made in the kitchen. Of course, mom was a very keen learner and thanks to her I have this wonderful heirloom recipe with me now.
If you are from Bangalore or even from South Karnataka, you would know what the fuss is all about, on this powder. If you aren't but have heard about this powder, you wouldnt want to miss out reading the rest of the post. For as long as I remember (and even now), spice powders (are) were never store bought but always made at home - be it Paruppu pudi,Idli Molagapudi or even Rasam powder/ Sambhar / Vangibhath powder (that reminds me to post the last 2 recipes soon !). So, although I may not have reached the perfection levels of grandmom's recipe, I was quite satisfied with the results, all thanks to mom who passed on this recipe :)
This spice powder tastes amazingly good with hot steamed rice, a dollop of ghee,although Bangaloreans (me included) are also known to use this as an accompaniment to Akki rotti (rice flatbread) or Ragi rotti (finger millet flatbread) too. Now over to the recipe...