Podi Varieties - To mix in rice

The list below gives the ingredients for the podis.

Common Process:

In podi recipes...

1.    All the ingredients are roasted separately in the pan with little oil or no oil.

2.    Vary red chilli based on your hotness quotient.

3.    Then add salt and grind it in the mixi to get your podi

thats it...

1.    Curry leaves podi

1.     Curry leaves – 1 cup

2.     Channa dal – 2 tblsp

3.     Toor dal -  tblsp

4.     Pepper – 2 tsp

5.     Danya -  tblsp

6.     Red chilli – 6

2.    Parrupu Podi (lentil dal)

1.     Toor dal – ½ cup

2.     Pepper – ½ tsp

3.     Red chilli – 3

4.     Hing

3.    Sesame seed podi (Ellu podi)

1.     Sesame seed (white or black) – dry roast in hot tawa till seeds change color or till it pops – ½ cup

2.     Red chilli – 3

3.     Hing
4.   Urad dal - 2 tblsp

Notes: Do not run the mixie too much after adding sesame as it will turn oily.

4.    Coconut Podi

1.     Grated coconut – 1 cup (dry roast till brown)

2.     Urad dal – 3 tblsp

3.     Red chilli – 5

4.     Tamarind – 1 tsp

5.     Hing

            Notes: Add coconut at the end and do not run mixie for too long as it will turn oily.

5.    Flax seeds podi

1.     Flax seeds – 1 cup

2.     Red chilli – 3

3.     Cumin / Jeera – 2 tsp

4.     Hing