Idli Karapu Podi

Recipe Ingredients

4		Dry red chiles
1/4 cup	59ml	Bengal gram - (senaga pappu)
1/4 cup	59ml	Black gram
4 tablespoons	60ml	Sesame seeds
1 tablespoon	15ml	Piec asafetida (small)
2 teaspoons	10ml	Oil
2 tablespoons	30ml	Split gram dal - (arhar dal)
		Salt - to taste

Recipe Instructions

Heat oil in a skillet on medium and when oil is hot add red chile and asafetida. Fry for two minutes or until the color of red chile changes to maroonish black. Remove from heat.

Remove red chile and asafetida from the above skillet and keep in a separate dish. Now to the remaining oil in the skillet add all the rest of the ingredients except sesame seeds and fry on medium heat until the color of Bengal gram changes to reddish shade. Now add sesame seeds and when they begin to pop, remove skillet from heat and let cool.

Powder the contents of the above skillet along with red chile and asafetida. The powder should have the consistency of coarse semolina.

Goes well with Idli and dosa.

The above powder is mixed with sesame seed oil and hot idlis are coated on both sides with this mixture.

Stays up to two months if kept away from water.

Source:
Delicious Recipes From Andhra by Karuna

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