Coriander Podi or Kothamalli Podi...

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This is one of the podis, that has a longer shelf life.

Key Ingredients: Fresh coriander. (Cleaned & Chopped). Wash the coriander in tap water and let it dry for 15-20 mins.

In a dry pan, roast 1/2 cup of urad dhal, 1/2 cup of channa dhal, 20 red chillies (add oil when roasting chillies alone).

Grind the dhal and red chillies first, then add a lemon size tamarind and add the coriander and grind. Dont add water, but only sprinkle water as required.

This is my mother's recipe and you can have this with tiffin items, and also with curd rice.

Comments

  1. RamyaOctober 8, 2009 at 3:04 AM

    Tried this with Pudhina.. came out well.. Thanks for the recipe.. But can u also mention the quantity of the coriander to be used with the given measure of dhal?

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  2. Vidhya AruneJanuary 13, 2010 at 1:27 AM

    Quantity I have specified is for 1 bunch of coriander. Thanks Ramya for pointing out!

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