South Indian Mixture Recipe

DOSAI PODI OR MILAGU PODI

In a fry pan saute urad dhal, chana dhal, red chilies and asafoetida, each item in 2 teaspoons of oil separately until golden brown. Powder them together in a blender. Dry fry sesame seeds and blend it into o coarse powder. Mix both powders well, adding the needed salt. Dosai Podi goes well with dosai and idli (breakfast items).

COCONUT POWDER

In a fry pan saute coconut flakes, red chilies, mustard seeds, urad dhal and asafoetida separately, each in 1/2 teaspoon of oil, until they turn into golden brown. Dry blend Coconut flakes and red chilies first in a blender. Add fried mustard seeds, urad dhal and asafoetida and continue to dry-blend the whole mixture into a coarse powder. Add the needed salt. Mix well and bottle. Good to eat with Idli or Dosai.

PARUPPU POWDER OR DHAL POWDER

In a fry pan saute chana dhal, urad dhal and toor dhal separately in a teaspoon of oil for each item until golden brown. Dry blend them together, adding 2 teaspoons of salt. Saute sesame seeds in a teaspoon of oil and chilies in a drop of oil and dry blend them together into a coarse powder. Mix this with the above powdered dhal mixture. This paruppu powder may be mixed with plain rice. Add oil or ghee to the rice while mixing.

GARAM MASALA

Optionally dry-roast the above ingredients for a few minutes and grind together.