Milagai Podi

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Milagai Podi
1Milagai Podi Recipe
Preparation: 20 minutes
Cuisine: South Indian
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Ingredients:
1 1/2 tsps oil/ghee for roasting the dals and spices
1 cup bengal gram dal/senaga pappu
1/2 cup black gram dal/minappapu
1/2 tbsp black pepper corns
12 dried red chillies
2 tbsps sesame seeds, dry roast for 3 mts
fistful of peanuts, dry roast for 5-6 mts (optional)
1/2 tsp hing/asafoetida/inguva
salt to taste
1 Drizzle oil in a heavy bottomed vessel and roast the channa dal on low to medium heat for 4 mts. Add split gram dal, pepper corns and dry red chilies and continue to roast till the dals release their flavor and turn golden. Finally, add asafoetida and lightly roast for few seconds and turn off heat. Remove onto a plate and cool.
2 Place the cooled dals and spices along with salt, dry roasted sesame seeds and peanuts in a blender and grind to make a coarse powder.
3 Store in an air tight container and serve with South Indian tiffins like dosas and idliswith a generous helping of ghee or oil.