I was going through my site couple of days back and realized i haven’t posted a recipe in a longtime.Juggling between kid ,india trip and move in preparations leaves me with no time . This is gonna be our first trip to India after marriage together. My last visit which was in january,2006 was cut short to two weeks unfortunately ….It was supposed to be a one month visit and I just couldn’t do anything that i wanted to do in two weeks.We are all thrilled about our india trip and  I cann’t wait to meet my niece,friends ,shop for new house and ofcourse eat a lot of indian FOOD. Speaking of food, My sister kept telling me what she got to enjoy and  what i missed out on during her stay in india..This time I am gonna make up for it BIGTIME! It’s gonna  take a longtime for me to get blogging about food again.So in the meantime ,I just thought i’ll share my amma’s idli podi recipe with you guys.here it goes…..

Ingredients

• Chana dhal - 1/2 kg
• Urad dhal - 400 grams
• Red Chillies - 10
• Curry Leaves - 2 sprigs
• Asafoetida - 1/2 teaspoon
• Garlic (very important ingredient) - 5 big cloves
• Oil

Method

1. Add about a teaspoon of oil and toast all the above ingredients except garlic in a pan on a low flame.

2. Turn off the heat when you get a nice aroma.

3. Add garlic,salt  and all the above ingredients to a mixer and grind it coarsely.

4.Let it cool for a while and store it in a airtighr container.

5. Add oil or ghee to idli podi and serve it with hot idlis.

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