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My husband likes the paruppu podi served in Andhra restaurants. Managed to find thee recipe for this finally. Ingredients: 1. Roasted Gram (Dhalia) or Pottu kadalai- 1/2 kg 2. Garlic (with skin)- 4 pieces 3. Red chillies- 10-15 numbers 4. Salt as per taste. Dry roast Dhalia. Add 2 tbsp of oil and add garlic, red chillies and handful of curry leaves and fry.Let them cool. Grind them in a mixie and add salt.

This is a yummy side dish for Idli or Dosa. Among the lentils, moong dhal and urad dhal are very nutricious. Ingredients: 1. Urad dhal- 1 cup 2. Red chillies- 15 3. Asafoetida- 1 pinch 4. Jaggery- 1 tbsp How to make Idli Podi 1. In a pan, add 2 tbsp of oil and fry the urad dhal and red chillies, till urad dhal turns slight reddish. 2. Cool and grind this add asafoetida, jaggery and salt. Some people prefer to add Til (ellu) in this, but I dont.

Simple, easy to make podi. 1. In a pan, add 1-2 tbsp of oil and roast 1 handful of urad dhal and 8-10 red chillies. 2. Then, add 2-3 handful of curry leaves and roast. 3. When the mixture is cooled, grind in a blender, adding salt and store in air tight container.

Ingredients: 1. Dhania- 1 cup 2. Channa dhal- 1/2 cup 3. Toor dhal- 1/2 cup 4. Jeera and Pepper- 1 and 1/2 tbsp each 5. Red chillies- 10 6. Mustard seeds- 1.5 tbsp (this will improve the taste of rasam:) 7. Curry leaves- optional. Dry roast all these and grind. (Just for red chillies, you can add 1 tbsp of oil, while frying).

Ingredients: 1. Red chillies- 2 cups (if using the round ones) or 1.5 cups if using long chillies 2. Dhania- 2.5 cups 3. Channa dhal- 3/4 cup 4. Toor dhal- 3/4 cup 5. Pepper- 1 tbsp 6. Fenugreek- 1tbsp (venthayam) Dry roast all the ingredients. (While fring red chillies, add 1 tbsp of oil). Grind the roasted ingredients after cooling and store in an airtight container

This is my mother's recipe, although there are several versions to this. 1. Moong Dhal- 1 cup 2. Toor Dhal- 1 cup 3. Channa dhal- 1 cup 4. Urad dhal- 1/2 cup 5. Pepper corns- 1 tbsp 6. Cumin seeds- 1 tbsp Dry roast the dhalls and grind all ingredients and store in an airtight container. Some people use red chillies, while my mother uses pepper corns.

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.