Hi everybody does idli podi at home in different style ,here goes our chettinad style idli podi. 1 cup thurdal 1 cup urad dal 16 red chillies (dried ) If preferred I garlic,little gooseberry size tamarind Needed salt Asafetida In a kadai pour half cup of oil ,after oil heats up add thur dal and sauté till dal changes its color.switch the stove off remove the thur dal In the same oil sauté urad dal till golden,switch it off remove the dall from oil Then in the same kadai remove the excesses oil sauté without oil red chilli,garlic,tamarind,asafetida.in medium sim Grind everything coarsely like shoji rawa and store in air tight container If preferred can add curry leaves but podi looks green color Wash curry leaves dry nicely and spread in a microwave plate and make the leaves dry and can b added while powdering . If 1/2 cup oil is used ,so that the podi tastes good Otherwise it looks very dry
Hi all try this ,taste It and give me a feedback so that I can give another podi recipe milaku(pepper podi) that is mixed with rice and taken.