Idli podi/Idli milagai podi

About the recipe:

It is an instant side dish for idli and dosa. Whenever we don’t have time to prepare chutney/sambar  this idli podi comes very handy. Be it a picnic with your family, idli with milagai podi tastes heavenly. Now let us know how to prepare this idli milagai podi

Preparation Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

Urad Dal: 1 Cup

Channa Dal: ½ Cup

Red Chillies: 10-15

Asafoetida/Hing: 1 tsp

Mustard seeds: 1 tsp

Salt: as required

Oil: 1 tsp

Preparation:

1.Add few drops of oil, and roast the urad dal in a medium flame till it becomes golden brown and keep it aside

2.Again add a very few drops of oil and roast the channa dal till it becomes golden brown and keep oit aside

3.Dry roast the hing separately

4.Add a few drops oil oil and roast the red chillies for a few minutes only

5.Let all the ingredients cool down to room temperature

Method:

1.Put the roasted ingredients altogether  in a blender and blend it to a course powder.

2.Spread out the grounded powder in a paper and let it cool down .

3.After the powder is cooled down to room temperature, add salt as required

4.Store it in an air tight container and enjoy with idli or dosa

Note:

1.You can also add dried curry leaves to the podi. Which adds up a good smell and taste. Make sure the curry leaves are well dried and there is no moisture in it before adding it to the blender.

2.You can adjust the red chilles as per your taste.

3.In case if you find the podi to be hot after grinding it, just add 2tbsp of urad dal and 1 tsp of channa dal , dry roast them in the same way mentioned above, grind them separately and mix it to the previously grounded podi.

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