Receta Nutritious Milagai Podi Recipe

by Swapna

Milagai podi / Idli/ Dosa podi is very common in South

Indian homes... There are many recipes for this powder with minor differences.... I got the idea for this nutritious Milagai podi from

my cousin’s mother in law, Sashi aunty; she

told me, while making, she used to

add different types of nuts, dals, beans etc for her

prefers Sambar for his dosa.... But I know a lot of kids loves have dosa

spreading Milagai podi on top of it… so if your kids loves Milagai podi try

this nutritious one next time when you make..... just add little bit of different types of

nuts. beans and dals, roast well and powder

together.....

Nutritious Milagai

Podi Recipe

Ingredients:

• Dried Red Chillies – 3 cups (45gm)
• Urad Dal / Uzhunnu Parippu – 1 cup
• Bengal gram dal / Kadala Parippu – 1 ½ tsp
• Parboiled Rice / Ari - ¼ cup
• Black Sesame seeds / Ellu – 1 tbsp
• Curry Leaves – 12
• Black Pepper / Kurumulaku – 2tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Sesame oil / Nallenna – 1 tbsp
• Additional Ingredients to make it Nutritious:
• Almonds / Badam -2 tbsp
• Cashew nuts – 2 tbsp
• Pistachios / Pista – 2 tbsp
• Soybean – 2 tbsp
• Thuar dal / Thuvara parippu – 2 tbsp

Method:

Heat a wok and add oil and

roast the red chillies, taking care not to burn them, in a low flame till the

colour changes and its aroma comes out. Remove chillies and keep aside.

In the same wok roast all dals

and all other ingredients separately until deep brown stirring continuously.

Cool the roasted

ingredients and powder altogether in a mixie till you get a slightly coarse

powder.

Store this in an airtight

container for several weeks.

When needed, mix 2 or 3

tbsp of this powder with 1 tbsp of Coconut oil and serve with Dosa or Idli.