Idly Milagai Podi

Idly Milagai Podi is an all time favorite side dish for idly & dosa. I can eat it with idlies anytime of the day. Idly milagai podi is basically a dry powder made with roasted lentils and chilly. Can be mixed with ghee or sesame oil for great taste, or can be mixed with any cooking oil.

 

My son and I can have idly with idly milagai podi even three times in a day 🙂 We like it so much .. Though my husband is not a great fan of podi, as he does not like dry food stuff. But I always have stock of this. I enjoy having it mixed with rice too. You can add or replace some ingredients in this, the base being chana dal, urad dal and red chillies. I have added pepper , cumin seeds, sesame seeds. You may also roast and add curry leaves, garlic, kollu or horsegram to make it even healthier.

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Ingredients needed for Idly Milagai podi:

• Chana dal / Kadala parupu – 1 cup
• Urad dal / Ulundhu – 1 cup
• Dry red chillies – 15
• Pepper corns – 1 tsp
• Cumin seeds/ Jeera – 2 tsp
• Sesame seeds / ellu – 1/2 cup
• Roasted gram dal / pottukadalai – 1/4 cup
• hing – 1/2 tsp
• salt – as per taste

Method:

1. Heat a pan and dry roast chana dal until it becomes light brown.
2. Dry roast red chillies till they become crisp.
   
3. Transfer it to a plate and then roast urad dal till it changes to light brown and nice aroma arises
   
4. Roast pepper corns till they pop.
5. Then roast cumin seeds till the pop up.
   
6. Roast sesame seeds till it changes in color.
7. Transfer it and then roast gram dal for a minute.
   
   
8. Let the roasted ingredients cool down completely.
9. Grind all the roasted and cooled ingredients with salt and hing to a coarse texture.
   

Idly milagai podi is ready , it can be mixed with some gingelly oil or ghee ( for kids ) and enjoyed with soft idlies.



10. Notes:

    • This podi can be stored in an air tight container and used for 2 to 3 months.
    • Always use a clean and dry spoon to avoid spoilage.