ANDHRA KANDI PODI
Podis or South Indian
gun powders which are essentially lentils pounded in with red chillies and garlic
are eternal part of each and every Andhra household. Podis are part of everyday meals be it
breakfast, lunch or dinner. Everyone
has their own version of podi but all the versions taste great.
Kandi Podi is
prepared using tur dal and chana dal. It
is extremely flavourful when had with rice and dollop of ghee and many people
like to munch on raw onion along with it.
While I am typing this my mouth is watering I am leaving everything
aside and going straight away to have kandi podi rice for lunch!!!
Preparation
Time :
5 minutes
Cooking
Time : 10 minutes
Ingredients:
1 cup tur dal/kandi pappu/pigeon peas
1/4th cup chana dal/bengal gram/chenaga
pappu
6 to 7 dried red chillies
5 cloves of garlic with skin on (optional)
½ tsp jeera/cumin seeds
1/4th tsp asefeotida /hing
Salt to taste
Method:
Heat a heavy bottom kadai; add
tur dal and chana dal. Dry roast till dals
start releasing a nice aroma and turn slightly brown.
At
this stage add the cumin seed and dried red chillies and continue to roast for
a minute.
Now add in the garlic and
roast for few seconds.
Remove and cool down all
the ingredients.
Grind all the ingredients
along with salt and asafoetida to a slightly coarse.
Enjoy kandi podi with
steamed rice and a big dollop of ghee.
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