Fragrant, comforting, and easy to serve as a complete meal, paruppu podi recipe | kandi podi recipe | podi for rice is a vegetarian south indian spice blend made with toor dal, moong dal, and chana dal in about 10 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
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.
