Kandi podi is prepared of dry roasted dals (lentils) with other spices to give a nice aromatic fragrance and delicious to eat with plain rice and ghee (clarified butter). this is another form of gunpowder make with toor dal and very famous in Andhra Pradesh Indian Food - Andhra Pradesh - Dipping/Pickles this form of gunpowder is speciality of Andhra pradesh and made from toor dal and used as starter of mealshttp://www.vahrehvah.com/kandi-podi-toor-dal-spice-pdr Ingredients Directions1 cup toor dal Kandi Podi (GUN Powder) recipe thanks to USHAThis is one of the most relished dish by any andhrite.This can be had with steaming plain rice with clarified butter, or can also be sprinkled on many cooked vegetables which will turn out into a spicy curry. To prepare this powder DRY ROAST ALL THESE INGREDIENTS WELL. 1. Add red chilli whole (depending upon your taste buds)2. Add 1 cup of Dry toor dal3. Add few cumin seeds, dry roast them till the toor dal is slight reddish in color4. Add either 1/2 cup of channa dhal OR Add 1 cup of Dhalia5. Add 3-4 cloves of Garlic6. Add curry Leaves (optional)7. Add Hing (optional)8. Make sure that all the ingredients are nicely cooked in a very slow flame, to ensure, just fold the red chili and it should break into pieces in no time. If all the ingredients are cooked good they can be powdered easily.9. Switch off the flame and let it cool for 10 mins10. Grind them into a fine powder. Ingredients 10-15 Red chillies1 cup toor dhal(dry)1/2 cup chana dalor1 cup Dahlia (fried chana dal)3-4 garlic cloves optional ingredients Few curry leavespinch of Hing"Reach vahrehvah at - Website - http://www.vahrehvah.com/ Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=vahchef Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/VahChef.SanjayThumma Twitter - https://twitter.com/vahrehvah Google Plus - https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/116066497483672434459 Flickr Photo - http://www.flickr.com/photos/23301754@N03/ Linkedin - http://lnkd.in/nq25sW Picasa Photos- http://picasaweb.google.com/118141140815684791742 Stumleupon http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/vahrehvah Tumblr http://vahrehvah.tumblr.com/ Blogger - http://vahrehvah.blogspot.in/"
