method
1. Pound together 250 g (9 oz) garlic (lasan) and 250 g (9 oz) shallots to a coarse paste. Dry roast 1 kg (2.2 lb) Kashmiri red chilli powder, 50 g (1 3/4 oz) black cardamom (badi elaichi), 1 tbsp black cumin (shahi jeera) seeds, 1 tbsp green cardamom (choti elaichi) seeds; 1 tbsp cinnamon (dalchini) powder, 1 tbsp dry ginger powder (sonth), separately.
2. Then grind to a fine powder.
3. Mix the garlic and shallot paste with this powder. Shape them into cakes and make a hole in the centre big enough to pass a thin rope through it so that the cakes can be strung together and kept for use later.
4. Dry the cakes in the sun until they have no moisture left.
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