Ingredients

The following ingredients have 2 Servings
  • 1/2 cup channa dal
  • 1/2 cup urad dal
  • 1/4 cup peanuts
  • 2 tablespoons sesame seeds (white or black)
  • 10 cashews
  • 15 dried red chillies
  • 1/2 teaspoon asafoetida
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • Salt
  • sesame oil or ghee (as required)

Instruction

  • Heat 1 teaspoon sesame oil in a pan. Add urad dal, channa dal, cashes, peanuts and sesame seeds. Fry in low flame until aromatic.
  • Remove to a plate and let cool
  • In the same pan add asafoetida and dried red chilies. Saute till the red chilies slightly change color and asafoetida is well coated to the chilies. Allow to cool thoroughly.
  • Take all the ingredients in your dry grinding jar and grind for few seconds. Add salt and grind again as coarse or fine you need.
  • Store idli podi in a clean dry bottle or jar.