Paruppu Podi

Paruppu Podi

This is a very delicious version of parappu podi which you can have with hot rice or with dosa/idly.Should be mixed with gingelly oil/til oil/ghee otherwise it would irritate your throat.



Ingredients:

Bengal Gram Dal/Pottu Kadalai- 1 cup
Peanut(unsalted)-1 cup
Sesame Seed- 2 tbsp
Kashmiri Chillies- 5 to 6
Hing/asafoetida- 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves- 2 sprigs
Salt- 1 tbsp



Method:

1.In a thick bottomed pan, heat a tsp of oil, add sesame seeds, Bengal gram dal and peanuts. Roast on a medium flame till the dal changes colour, peanut become brownish and the sesame seeds start to splutter.
2.Transfer the same onto a plate and cool for 15 mins.
3.In the same pan, heat a tsp of oil, add the mustard seeds and when it starts to splutter, add the curry leaves and asafoetida.Switch off the flame, and allow it to cool.
4.In a mixer, transfer the roasted dal/peanuts with salt and grind on low pulse for five minutes. It should be a coarse powder.
5.Now add the curry leaves and grind for a minute.
6.Finally add the garlic pods and grind for half a minute. Be careful not to grind more at this point, as it would become lumpy.



P.S: Best when had with hot rice and ghee :D