Idly Milagai Podi / Chutney Powder

I am sure everyone is catching up enthiran fever so am I :) But planning to watch it only this month end.....so that we can hear the dialoges and watch the movie peacefully. Am hearing varied reviews of the movie....whatever it is, the only and main powerful element that makes me go to theater to watch the movie is none other than our SUPER STAR Rajinikanth!! Its been a yr since I visted theaters, the last movie I watched onscreen was Abhiyum Nanum. So am excited and thrilled to watch the first movie in theater with mittu :)

And one more news is : Yay!! finally solved the reader update issue after a 2hr struggle and googling. It seems to be a issue in setting in feedburner.

Idli podi or podi or thool as we call it, plays a vital role in every south indian homes. Lazy?! no side dish at home, this podi comes to our rescue. I am sure each one has their own version and here is mine.....I have tried different versions of this podi but sticking on to this one since a year.

Ingredients:

• Urad dal / Ulutham paruppu- 2 cups
• Channa dal / Kadala Paruppu- 4 tbsp
• Red chillies - 5 to 6
• Sesame seeds - 2 tbsp[optional]
• Grated Coconut - 1 tbsp
• Curry leaves - few
• Hing - a pinch
• Garlic - 8 to 9 flakes crushed
• Salt - as required

Method:

1. Dry roast all the ingredients one by one seperately, except salt, hing and garlic till golden brown and keep aside. Let it cool down.


2. Run the mixie once with cooled ingredients then add raw crushed garlic and salt. Now grind everything to a fine or coarse powder...It depends on ur liking. We like it a bit coarse.


3. Enjoy this podi with nalennai/gingelly oil spread over idlis or dosas.

NOTE : Garlic should not be roasted, just crushed raw and added to grind at the final stage.As the flavour of garlic catches up in the podi very well if done this way. And the color of the podi purely depends on the chilli variety we use, it will be red if we use the kashmiri chilli the ones I used was normal variety this time, but there is no difference tastewise.

I luv idlis with the podis spread on it like the above. If you give an hr or so it tastes so good!! I have tasted MTR, sakthi masala and aachis idly podi but all that was till I tried it on my own. I saw the ingredients on each of them and got my own idea and came out with this flavourful homemade idly milagai podi.