Menthi Majjiga

This butter milk is a good combination for kandi pachchadi. The ingredients in this recipe give good relief for abdominal discomfort due to indigestion.

Mainly ajwain seeds or carom seeds or thymol seeds. This plant has a similarity to parsely, they are egg shaped and grayish in colour.

Ingredients:

Butter milk-1 cup

Water-3cups

Fenugreek powder-1/2tsp

 (Roast fenugreek seeds and make a fine powder of it)

Salt-to taste

Turmeric powder-a pinch

Asafoetida-a pinch

Ajwain seeds (carom seeds or thymol seeds) -1tbsp

Green chilies -2 (split them)

Curry leaves-5 or 6

Mustard seeds-1/2tsp

Red chilies-1(split them)

Oil-1tbsp

Procedure:

Take one cup of butter milk in a bowl add three cups water to it.

Add salt, fenugreek powder and green chilies to it.
In a small frying pan heat oil add turmeric powder, mustard seeds, ajwain seeds, asafoetida, curry leaves and red chilies. Allow them to pop. 
Add this to the above butter milk. It can be served with rice or can consumed directly and it is a good accompaniment for Kandi Pachchadi.