Friday, August 13, 2010

Paruppu Podi / Spiced Lentil Powder

Ingredients:

Toor dal - 1 cup
Horse Gram dal  / Kollu / Ulavu / Kulthi - 1/2 cup
Roasted Chana dal (chutney dal) / Dalia - 1/2 cup
Whole Black Pepper - 2 tsp
Red chillies - 10 or to taste
Ajwain / Omam  - 2 tsp
Curry leaves - 10
Salt - to taste

Method:

Dry roast all the ingredients except roasted channa dal and salt, until they turn to golden brown.  Just before you take it out, add the roasted channa dal and roast it for a minute.  Let it cool completely.  Grind the cooled ingredients with salt to a fine powder.  Store in a airtight container.


Serving suggestion:  Mix it with hot rice along with dash of ghee or sesame oil.

10 comments:

  1. podi looks very fresh n tempting ...its lunch time here n i feel like to grab some from ur bowl n have it with rice ...yummy ..breautiful click too ...thanks for sharing latha

    Satya
    http://www.superyummyrecipes.com

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  2. lovely podi n even lovelier presentation latha..

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  3. I love all kinds of chutneys and podis. Love this one :)

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  4. Am game for podi anytime !!

    Lavanya

    www.lavsblog.com

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  5. Podi looks very nice .Adding omam helps in digestion also.

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  6. Woww.. podi looks perfect and tempting.. beautiful presentation !!

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  7. Interesting paruppu podi recipe. Never added kollu or omam before in mine. Would love to try ur version.

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  8. My hubby's fav...loved your presentation

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  9. I have been thinking of making podi at home ever since I came here. Now I have a recipe and I can't wait to try this.

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