I wanted to share paruppu 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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Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..
Preparation Time : 5 mins
Cooking Time : 15 mins
Makes: 1 cup of powder
Ingredients:
Toor Dal / Tuvaram Paruppu - 1/2 cup
Roasted Gram Dal / Pori Kadalai - 1/2 cup
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - a handful
Black Pepper - 1 tsp
Dry Red Chilli - 3
Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi -1/4 tsp
Garlic - 3 to 4
Salt to taste
Method:
Take all ingredients in a kadai except salt and roast it on a low heat for 10 to 15 mins till it gets golden.
Now take this in a plate and cool it down.
Now take this in a blender, add salt and powder it finely.
Now spoon this in a plate and cool it down.
Store it in a air tight container.
This can be served over some rice and a drizzle of ghee. You can have it with idli or dosa too.
Pictorial:
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| take them in a kadai |
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| add asafoetida |
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| now start roasting them |
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| toast them on a low heat |
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| they will get golden |
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| set aside in a plate to cool |
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| take it in a blender |
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| add salt |
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| powder finely |
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| spoon this in a plate and cool it down |
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| store it in a container and enjoy |