easy paruppu podi recipe | kandi podi recipe | podi for rice
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 1 box
- Category: spice blend
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
- 1 cup toor dal
- ¾ cup moong dal
- ¼ cup chana dal
- ¼ cup roasted gram dal / putani
- 1 tsp oil
- 1 tbsp cumin
- ½ tbsp pepper
- 70 gram dried red chilli
- ¼ cup curry leaves
- 4 tsp salt
- small piece tamarind
- 2 tsp jaggery
- pinch hing
Method
- Firstly, in a heavy bottomed pan take 1 cup toor dal, ¾ cup moong dal, ¼ cup chana dal and ¼ cup roasted gram dal.
- Dry roast on low flame till the dal turns aromatic.
- Transfer to a plate and allow to cool completely.
- In a pan, heat 1 tsp oil. Add 1 tbsp cumin, ½ tbsp pepper, 70 gram dried red chili, and ¼ cup curry leaves.
- Roast on low flame until the chilli puffs up and turns crispy.
- Cool completely and transfer to the mixer jar.
- Add 4 tsp salt, small piece of tamarind, 2 tsp jaggery, and pinch hing.
- Pulse and grind to a fine powder.
- Add in roasted dal to the same mixer jar.
- Grind to coarse powder. Make sure not to grind to a fine powder.
- Finally, store Kandi Podi in an air tight container and enjoy it with idli, dosa, and rice.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.