THENGAI PODI RECIPE | COCONUT PODI

Thengai podi recipe is a simple recipe which comes very handy when i make simple rasam and curry for a weekend lunch. In our house we all love Thengai podi. with hot steaming plain rice smeared with sesame oil and mixed with Thengai podi and a simple roasted papad and a kootu will taste divine. Over to the recipe of Thengai Podi.

INGREDIENTS:

COCONUT | THENGAI (SCRAPPED)	1 CUP
URAD DAL	1/4 CUP
RED CHILLI	7-8
SALT	AS NEEDED
ASAFOETIDA	1/4 TSP
OIL	2 TSP

METHOD:

• In a pan add oil and add in the urad dal and roast it till it becomes golden brown.
• Be careful not to get it burnt.
• Transfer it to a plate when done. Add in the red chillies and nicely roast them.

• Dry roast the scrapped coconut till it gets evenly  golden brown color.
• Keep it aside and switch off the flame and saute the salt and asafoetida in the same pan for few seconds.

• Allow everything to cool and grind it into a fine powder.
• Let this cool and store this in a clean dry airtight container.

• Mix with hot rice along with ghee or sesame oil. A simple sutta applam (fire roasted papad) will be a great combo for this.         Note:
• Always roast the dal and coconut nicely. Else it will not stay fresh longer.
• This can be kept in the refrigerator for 2 weeks. Always clean dry spoon to take the podi.
• My mil makes the same with channa dal instead of urad dal.

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CHUTNEY DAL PODI | POTTUKADALAI PODI RECIPE

Once in a while when we all friends meet for a weekday lunch, we just pool at any one of the friend’s house with the items which we cooked on that day and will have fun and of course over eating also. One among our friends, makes varieties of podis | powders and always keeps good stock of them and many times she will pack and send those powders on the day she makes it. I asked her the recipe of Chutney podi, which is made with simple 3 ingredients. It is very easy and handy to carry on days when you travel for a holiday,where you can get rice and yogurt and mix with this podi and can have with chips. So ladies out there even if you are going to your mom’s place for vacation, make chutney podi and keep this for your hubby. So here is the recipe for the easy chutney podi .

INGREDIENTS: (GIVES 1 AND 1/4 CUP PODI)

POTTUKADALAI |CHUTNEY DAL | ROASTED GRAM	1/2 CUP
KOPARAI |DRY COCONUT	1/4 CUP (GRATED)
RED CHILLIS	9-10
OIL	1/4 TSP
SALT	TO TASTE

METHOD:

• In a pan, add oil and saute the red chilli till it turns brown.
• Switch off the flame. Put the chutney dal podi and koprai in the same pan. No need to roast. Let this sit in the hot pan for some time.

• When it is cool grind this into a fine powder along with salt.

• Your chutney podi is done. Enjoy with hot rice smeared with sesame oil and roasted papad as accompaniment.

Notes:

1. You can add 1-2 garlic pods while grinding to enhance the taste.
2. the pottukadakai and kopra are slightly on the sweeter side , so do not lessen the red chillies.
3. This podi was not spicy, you can even add more red chilli too.
4. You can store it in cool dry place for 2 weeks and handle always with clean dry spoon.

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