Idly Podi/Molagapodi

Ingredients:
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• Whole Urad dal,skinless - 200 grams
• Chana dal/kadalaparuppu - 75 grams
• Red chillies - 20 to 25
• Asafoetida - 3 small round balls,each the size of a chana dal or 1/2 tsp powder
• White sesame seeds/Ellu - 1 tablespoon
• Salt - to taste
• Oil - 1 tablespoon
• tamarind - a small piece,say like a 25 paise coin
• jaggery - a pinch

Method:

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• Wash the Urad dal well and drain the water completely.
• Heat oil in a kadai and roast the asafoetida .
• Take away the roasted asafoetida and set aside.
• Saute the urad dal in the same oil till they turn brown on a medium flame.Take it and set aside.
• Saute chana dal in the same kadai till they turn brown.Set aside.
• On a low flame ,saute red chillies for a min.Set aside.
• Wash the sesame seeds,drain the water and saute in the same kadai.
• When it starts to crackle,switch off the gas.
• Now mix all the ingredients with tamarind and jaggery and pulse twice/thrice in a mixer.
• Add salt and grind to a coarse powder.(Its always better to keep pulsing and seeing the consistency of the podi in between instead of grinding it in 1 shot)

Yummy Podi is ready.Store it in an air tight container.

Mix the podi with little oil and have with Idly/dosa.