Paruppu Podi For Rice | Sujan Fun Kitchen

Paruppu Podi has always been part of our growing up years mainly because there was connect with our grandparents. That was the golden era of visiting and staying during annual holidays in a remote village, The fun we had in the completely isolated village, unpolluted by the city influences is a separate story altogether! The point I want to make is that Paruppu Podi was one of the several items packed lovingly by our grandparents in our return. Aaah! The aroma of the Paruppu Podi is still fresh in my memory - the Paruppu Podi ground in Endhiram’, a stone on which the Paruppu Podi’s Tur Dal and other spices were ground, manually. The taste and aroma of that Paruppu Podi have stayed with me forever prodding me to request my mother in law to do the #ParuppuPodi for #SujanFunKitchen #ParuppuPodiForRice
Recently Mr. #VenkateshBhat demonstrated the recipe in his unique style and that too inspired me to share the traditional recipe of Paruppu Podi.
Ingredients:
Tur Dal - 1 cup
Black pepper - 1 tsp
Kashmiri red chillies - 5
Asaefotida - ½ tsp
Salt to taste
Few drops of oil
Method:
Dry roast the Tur Dal over medium flame till golden
Take the Dal out
Now fry roast black pepper for few mins and transfer
Then, add fe drops oil and roast the red chillies till crisp
Add asaefotida and salt finally into the pan
Allow everything to come to room temperature
Grind to a smooth powder
Enjoy the heavenly taste of the Paruppu Podi with steaming hot rice and ghee