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IDLI PODI | GUN POWDER | SIDE DISH FOR IDLI AND DOSA | SPICE POWDER RECIPE

Idli Podi or Milagai Podi also popularly known as gun powder is easy to prepare and goes very well with Idli, Dosa and Uthappam. Idli podi tastes little spicy and slightly crunchy to the mouth. For making the podi idli, mix the idli podi with sesame oil and apply all over the idli and sprinkle the idli podi on top of the uthappam or dosa to make the recipe more delicious. Follow my step-by-step photo recipe to prepare idli podi. If you like this recipe, share it, tweet it and pin it. Please do try and post your comments.

RECIPE FOR IDLI PODI

Course       : Side dish for breakfast

Cuisine      : South Indian

Author       : Jayashree Karthik

Prep Time  : 5 min

Cook Time : 15 min

Total Time  : 20 min

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup urad dal

• 1/4 cup bengal gram dal

• 7 red chilli (i used spicy chilli)

• 6 kashmiri red chilli

• 6 garlic with skin

• 1 spring curry leaves (10-12 leaves)

• 1/8 tsp hing asafoetida

• salt as needed

• 2 tsp oil

PROCEDURE

• heat oil in a skillet

• roast the urad dal, bengal gram dal, red chilli, kashmiri red chilli, garlic and curry leaves separately in medium flame and keep it aside (avoid burning the dals and chillies)

• allowed to cool completely

• transfer all the ingredients into mixer grinder

• add salt and hing

• grind to a slight coarse powder

• store in an air tight container

• for making podi idli, mix idli podi with sesame oil and apply all over the idli

• for making uthappam or doa, sprinkle idli podi on dosa or uthappam and drizzle sesame oil to make more delicious

Idli Podi with Step-by-Step Photo Recipe


heat a tsp of oil, dry roast urad dal in medium flame and keep it aside (don't burn the dal)

roast bengal gram dal and keep it aside

dry roast red chilli for few seconds

dry roast kashmiri red chilli for few seconds

roast garlic with skin to reduce the moisture content

roast curry leaves until it turn crisp and allow all the ingredients to cool completely

transfer all the ingredients into mixer grinder

add hing and salt

grind to a slight coarse powder

Idli Podi Ready and store in an air tight container