In olden days people used to prepare these podis & store them for rainy days. When there is a shortage of vegetables, these podis come in handy. They are also healthy because they are made of lentils. Podis are always a welcome change from our routine menu.
Preparation Time: 10 mts Cooking Time: 10 mts
Ingredients:
Thur dal (red gram dal) - 1 cup
Red chilis - 6 nos
Black pepper - 1 tsp
Salt - to taste
Method:
Heat a pan. Dry fry all the ingredients till the thur dal starts to turn brown. Fry the salt in a dry pan. When it is all cool, powder them in the mixer till its a smooth powder. Paruppu podi is ready.Variations:
Paruppu podi can be made with pottu kadalai also. I will give the recipe for that later in my blog.
Tips:
- While frying the ingredients, fry the pepper & chilies separately & then fry the tur dal.
- Salt should be heated up in the frying pan till the water in it evaporates & it gets in to a free flowing consistency.
- For an emergency, we can add some water to this podi & convert it in to paruppu thugayal.
Taste it & enjoy.
Thanks a lot Aunty for the recipe.
ReplyDeleteI read it and made it immediately. The podi has come out very well, it tastes superb.
Thanks for the pictures, Aunty. The podi made here was of roughly the same color shown in your pic, so was sure I have followed your instructions correctly and it came out very well. Had prepared fresh ghee over the weekend. Will mix ghee and podi with rice and have it now :) Thank you, Aunty :)
I loveeeee paruppu podi! I can eat this for days
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