I was literally living on milagaipodi for first six month of my stay there. Then I found a friend and started visiting her house during the weekend and learnt a lot of dishes from her. She is a good cook she makes very easy and also authentic recipes with lot of grace. When I started interest in cooking, my mom was gone, so whatever I recreate is from what I have saw while she made it and also from what my dad can remember of my momโs cooking. My dad had taken care of cooking for last few months before my mom passed away as she had become highly diabetic and not able to cook. He even wrote recipes in piece of paper and give to me while I was visiting him.
Milagai podi/Spicy lentil chutney powder
Ingredients
- 30 Red chilies
- 1/2 cup Urad dal/Black gram dal
- 1/2 cup Chana dal/split chickpeas
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Black sesame seeds
- 1 Asafetodia
Instructions
- Dry roast each ingredients separately urad dal turn slightly pink it took about 3 minutes. Chana dal turns slightly brown it took about 6 minutes. Black sesame seeds should crackle and slightly roasted about 2 minutes. Red chilies turn slightly brown and gives out strong aroma it took about 3 minutes. Roast the asafetodia till they become brittle about 2 minutes. Set aside until they become cool enough to touch.
- Grind everything into fine powder and mix with salt.
- Enjoy with dosa or idly or like me add to stir fries.
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This is Swathi ( Ambujom Saraswathy) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
i can smell the aroma here ..nice for dosa or idli..
I love it already! Miriam@Meatless Meals For Meat Eaters
My fav and life saver most of the times ๐
delicious looking flavourful podi
Wonderful looking chutney.
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi
In house we are charmed with the piquant food and your recipe seems to be fantastic. Good weekend
Nice memories behind this wonderful recipe , sure a must try!
happy day!
Swathi, have the same ‘onion’ bowl!
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This recipe sees so many variations across the region. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
can have numbers of idli and dosa with this
simple and tasty podi.
Hot idlies and podi……my fav and perfect for a wintery break fast
Such an important podi we can’t live without, yours looks perfect!
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This looks very aromatic powder to go along with chutneys..Thanks for the easy recipe.
Swathi,ever versatile podi.Love it so much.Looks delicious.
wow…perfectly done podi…nice color….can smell the aroma here,so flavorful and tasty…
I cant live without this dosa podi, beautiful colour,truly looks great..
Such a lovely mix, Swathi! I love the idea of making my own curry powder!
Delicious Podi!
Great photo, and memory behind it. The bright side is hoping our children will have our blogs and written recipes in the years to come.
It’s great to reminisce about things our loved ones taught us! This powder sounds like a keeper to me!
I just love podi mixed with ghee, simply sublime ๐
Awesome looking chutney powder..nice combo of spices!
US Masala
Awesome recipe, I want to use it in lots of my cooking now.
Chutney powder looks so nicely made.
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi
Very touching anecdote dear.Don’t worry. I am sure mom will always be with you like a guardian angel. Milagai podi looks so tempting. I too keep this as backup always. Happy Pongal dear.
This powder sounds like it could be used in so many different ways! Awesome.
Yummy milaga podi..
flavourful podi:)
Delicious podi! thanks for sharing!
thanks for sharing the recipe. will try soon
very nice…mom makes it this way, but she adds garlic and curry leaves though.
Nice combo of spices!Delicious podi! Very good motherยดs recipie.
Cheers. Marimi
dosa podi adipoli….. aashamsakal…
First of all, I’m so sorry about your mom! I’m glad you were able to remember some recipes though. I’ll be honest, I’ve never heard of most of these ingredients but they look beautiful!
A very interesting recipe raucous that provides originality.
I will always have this in my pantry ๐ yummm
Love this! I even eat it on its own!
I am sure your mum would have been very proud of your culinary creations!!! What a fantastic way to honor her by re-creating the dishes from memory. Loved the dish as well as the story behind it!!
The Gun Powder (milagai podi) looks yum.
Love the dosa milagai podi..First time here and a really well-crafted space..Love your blog Swathi.
Gayu
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Nice recipe..lovely presentation swathi…
Thank you for sharing the recipe and method for making this Swathi. It is something new and delicious to me!
this is my fav with dosa and idly…love ur version too ๐
wow looks like tasty chutney powder…..i prepare in a different way..i will try ur recipe next time..looking good….
Love this spice powder always ๐ Always gives me a hand in kitchen!! Well made Swathi ๐
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I agree that milaga podi is so versatile! I use it as filling into brinjal or ladies finger and they taste so much more awesome that way! It’s indeed a spice powder that can b sprinkled on any veggie!