Last Updated on May 18, 2017
I wanted to share this podi here for a long time. Even though this is a staple in our house, i somehow missed to share it here. Finally i made quite a few powders yesterday specially for blog. Will share all those soon.
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This can be served over some rice and a drizzle of ghee. You can have it with idli or dosa too.
Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time : 15 mins
Makes : 1.5 cup
Ingredients:
Oil - ½ tsp
Urad Dal / Ulundu Paruppu - ½ cup
Dry Red Chillies - 5 to 8
Sesame Seeds / Ellu - 1 cup
Garlic - 3 to 4
Curry Leaves a handful
Salt to taste
Method:
Heat oil in a pan, add in urad dal and roast till golden. Remove to a plate.
Add in dry red chillies and roast golden. Remove to a plate.
Add in sesame seeds and roast till done. Remove to a plate.
Take curry leaves in a pan. toast till crispy. Remove to a plate.
Cool down completely.
Take it a blender add in garlic and salt and powder till crushed.
Cool it down, store it in a air tight container.
Pictorial:
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| Heat oil in a pan |
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| add in urad dal |
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| toast till golden |
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| now it is golden |
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| take it in a plate |
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| take chillies in a pan |
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| toast till golden |
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| set aside to cool |
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| take sesame seeds in a pan |
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| toast till it is popped |
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| take it in a plate |
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| add curry leaves and toast |
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| toast till crispy |
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| set aside to cool |
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| add some garlic to the mix |
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| take it in a blender |
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| add in salt |
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| powder it |
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| done |
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| store |
Geetha Krishnan
My favorite podi. Childhood memories