Idly podi (Gun powder)

Name: Idly podi (Gun powder)
Total time: 1500 s
Yield: 10 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup chana dal; 1 cup urad dal; 2 tbsp black sesame seeds; 1/4 cup curry leaves; 10 dry red chillies; 1/2 tsp asafoetida powder; 1 tbsp salt; 2 tsp oil; 10 garlic cloves

Muniswari.G @muniswari_0205

Chennai

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Muniswari.G @muniswari_0205

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Ingredients

25 minutes

10 people

1 cupchana dal
1 cupurad dal
2 tbspblack sesame seeds
1/4 cupcurry leaves
10dry red chillies
1/2 tspasafoetida powder
1 tbspsalt
2 tspoil
10garlic cloves

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Steps

25 minutes

1

Add the sesame seeds to a kadhai/wok and roast them till you get a popping sound. Pop. Transfer to a big plate to cool.
2

In the same kadhai/wok add ½ teaspoon oil and the red chillies. Stir-fry them for 2-3 minutes on low flame till it begins to get a darker colour. Take care not to burn them.
3

In the same kadhai/wok add ½ teaspoon of oil and fry the chana dal. Let the dal turn golden brown. Transfer to the plate in which you have added the sesame seeds and let it cool.
4

Similarly, add ½ teaspoon oil and fry the urad dal till golden in colour. Let it cool on the same plate with the chana dal.
5

Add the curry leaves to it and dry roast on a medium flame for 1 minute. Cool all the ingredients before grinding..
6

Add garlic and roast for minutes
7

Take a mixer jar, grind the roasted and cooled dals, red chillies, curry leaves, salt, asafoetida powder to a semi coarse powder...
8

Now add roasted sesame seeds and pulse for 2 seconds. Then add garlic and pulse 2 seconds...
9

Cool the powder for about5 minutes and store in an air tight container.