1. Wash mint leaves 3 times. Keep other ingredients ready in a plate.
2. Heat oil in a pan, add red chillies, black gram, grated coconut, salt and finally mint leaves and fry for 10 minutes.
3. Once it is fried allow it to cool if off.
4. Grind in a mixie adding very little water (Only the required amount).
5. Mint thuvayal is ready to be served.

Note:Always use fresh mint leaves. Clean tamarind before using.

Optional: Ingredients can be added or reduced according to taste. This recipe is called Pudhina thuvayal in Tamil.

Courtesy: http://tamilveg.blogspot.com/