Idly Podi/Idli Milagai Podi Recipe

Ingredients:

1. Urad Dal /Ulundu - 1 cup
2. Chana Dal/ Kadalai paruppu - 3/4 cup
3. Red chilli - 3/4 cup
4. Groundnut - 1 tbsp
5. Sesame Seeds/Ellu - 1 tbsp
6. Hing - small piece / 1/4 tsp
7. Curry leaves - 2 sprig only
8. Salt - 1 to 2 tsp (or) as per needed
9. Kollu / Kulthi Dal - 1tbsp (optional)

Method:

Dry Roast everything seperately until golden brown in medium flame

First Dry Roast Red Chilli in low flame for about a minute. It changes its colour.
Transfer it into a plate.

Then dry roast chana Dal forabout 3 minutes in medium low flame. A nice aroma will come on continuous roasting. transfer to a plate

Then dry roast Urad Dal for about 3 minutes. It changes ints colour with a nice aroma. transfer to a plate

Next groundnut. roast it for few second as it is already roasted groundnut only.

Next sesame seeds are roasted till it splutters and the colour is also changed.

Curry leaves are washed thoroughly and then roast it till it becomes dry and can be crushed.

The salt is also roasted to remove the moisture in it. I used Rock salt.

Finally Hing is roasted. I used solid asafoetida. You can use Powdered Hing also.

After it gets cooled, add in mixie and grind to a coarse powder. 

Store it in an air tight Container.