Idli Milagai podi

Idli Milagai Podi or Idli chilli powder

Idli Milagai Podi is a coarse powder mixture of ground dry spices that typically contains dried chilis, urad (bean), chickpea, and sesame seeds. We tamilians traditionally use idli milagai podi as a condiment on Idli, and Dosa. Idli milagai podi is eaten as a dipping condiment.

Here I'm giving the recipe, how my mother-in-law taught me. 

Ingredients

Bengal Gram Dhall - 1 cup

Black Gram Dhall - 1 cup

Red chilli - 1.5 cups

Sesame seeds - 1 tsp

Tamarind - 1 small amla size

Asafoetida powder - 2 tsp

Crystal Salt - aa required

Oil - for roasting

Method

Soak Sesame seeds in water for 5 to 10 minutes and filter it for impurities. Spread it on a clean dry cloth and allow it to dry.

Remove impurities like seeds, skin and unwanted fibres from tamarind and tear it to small pieces. Keep aside.

Roast dried sesame seeds without oil in very low flame, till it splutters and keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan and roast Bengal gram dhall and Black Gram Dhall separately till golden brown.

Spread it on a big plate and allow it to cool.

Roast Red Chilli till crispy ( seeds inside the chilli will make noise when it is over ) with very little oil in low flame.

Add tamarind pieces, asafoetida powder and salt and continue roasting for few minutes. Switch off the flame. Mix this to the roasted dhall and allow it to cool.

 Dry grind the roasted mixture. Add the roasted sesame seeds and grind it to coarse powder.

Store it in a clean dry air tight container. This powder cand be taken as a side dish with jingelly oil for Idli and all varieties of Dosa.

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Vegetable Soup

Vegetable Soup

Soup can be a quick and healthy food. The American Heart Association recommends adults consume eight or more servings of fruits and vegetables every day. That's 4 ½ cups. Soups can contribute to that total. Vegetables in soup contain many vitamins, such as A and C. Cream soups supply calcium and vitamin D. Because soup contains so much water it fills you up with fewer calories.

Here I'm giving a easy preparation for Vegetable Soup.

 

Ingredients 

Group- A

Chayote / Chow Chow (finely chopped) - 1/4 cup

Pumpkin (finely chopped) - 1/4 cup

Radish (finely chopped) - 1/4 cup

Group- B

Beans (finely chopped) - *

Carrot (finely chopped) - *

Cabbage (finely chopped) - *

* all the 3 combined to make 1/4 cup

(You can add any vegetable of your choice)

Garlic - 2 small cloves

Ginger - a very small piece 

Pepper powder- as required 

Salt- as required 

Method

Pressure cook Chow chow, Pumpkin, Radish in one group (Group- A) and Cabbage, Beans, and Carrot in another group (Group- B) separately. Don't waste the cooked water. 

Take the first group and mash it well to become a smooth paste.

In that vegetable paste, add the cooked water and cooked veggies of group B. Add salt. Add water if required. 

Bring to boil for 5 - 10 minutes in medium flame.

Switch off the flame. Add pepper powder. Garnish with coriander leaves.

 

Serve hot.

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