Podi Powder recipe

Ingredients:

* ¼ cup chana dal

* ¼ cup urad dal

* ¼ cup sesame seeds

* salt as needed

* 6 to 8 red chilies (adjust to suit your taste)

* 1 to 2 garlic cloves (optional)

* 1 tablespoon cumin or jeera

* Dried curry leaves or fresh curry leaves (2 springs)

Method:

* Wash curry leaves and pat dry and dry roast it..if dry curry leaves u can add them directly while blending 

* Dry roast all the ingredients separately until u get a nice roasted aroma

* Let them cool 
How to blend:

* How to make idli podi

* Powder red chilies and dal first in a blender jar. 

* To the same jar, add the curry leaves, sesame, and cumin

* Also, add in salt and blend to a powder. It should not be too fine. It should be medium-coarse so that 

when u add gingelly oil to it and eat this along with the idli/ dosa there will be a crunchy effect which is yummy

By

Sarwari Bogadapati

Karlsruhe, Germany