Garlic Paruppu Podi, my huband's Favourite podi variety. A spoon of Garlic Paruppu Podi with a spoon of ghee mixed with hot steaming rice, a wonderful and delicious dish. The flavour of garlic with mixed dals is dainty. In Andhra, this Paruppu Podi is very popular. They call it as Kandi Podi and it would be more spicy. I have used moderate spice and also added pepper corns along with red chillies. If you are spice lovers, you can increase the red chillies.
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| Garlic Paruppu Podi | Kandi Podi |
| Preparation Time | 5 mins |
| Cooking Time | 20 mins |
| Yield | 250gms |
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| Garlic Paruppu Podi | Kandi Podi |
Ingredients:
| Thur dal | ½ Cup * |
| Bengal Gram Dal | ¼ Cup |
| Moong dal | ¼ Cup |
| Pepper corns | 1 teaspoon |
| Cumin Seeds | 1 teaspoon |
| Red Chilli | 6-8 |
| Garlic | 2 Pods (50gms) |
| Hing | a Pinch |
| Salt | To Taste |
| Cooking Oil / Butter | ½ teaspoon |
* 1 Cup capacity = 250ml
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| Garlic Paruppu Podi | Kandi Podi |
Method:
- We are going to fry the dals first. As the different dals take different time to get fried, its good to fry the dals one after another instead of mixing all the dals at the same time for frying. Heat a pan and dry fry the thur dal and when it turns slightly golden brown color, take it out from flame and allow it to cool off. Then add channa dal to the pan and dry fry it again till it turns golden brown color and take it aside
- Next add moong dal and fry them. When they become slightly golden color, add pepper, cumin seeds, hing and fry for another 20 seconds and take it out. Add garlic cloves and fry for a minutes and take it out.
- Finally add oil and fry the red chillies. The red chilles will get burnt quickly. Make sure that we fry them till its color changes to light brown color. Allow all the ingredients to cool off nicely before grinding. Take all the cooled ingredients along with salt in a mixer and grind it to a coarse powder. Allow the ground Garlic Paruppu podi to cool off completely, before putting it to a air tight container
- The spicy, Garlic Paruppu Podi is now ready to serve. Be generous in adding ghee with the garlic paruppu podi and mix it with hot steaming rice and slurp!!!
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| Garlic Paruppu Podi | Kandi Podi |
