Kollu podi | Horse gram powder-How to make-Step by step photos & Video

Cuisine Style : Tamil Nadu, South India | Preparation & Cooking Time: 10-15 min | To Serve:4 | Type: Podi, Healthy powder varieties | Take with: Rice, idli, dosa & uthappam

Horse gram is one of the medicinal lentils. Horse gram helps control cough it is fat burner so it helps weight loss. Horse gram with Garlic, Red chilli, hing, Urad dal, curry leaves make this recipe so aromatic, tastier and healthy. It very well goes with Idli & rice

Ingredients

• Kollu[Horse gram] - 1 cup
• Chana dal - 2 tbsp
• Urad dal - 2 tbsp
• Garlic - 5 [chopped]
• Dry red chilli - 5
• Sea salt to taste
• Asafoetida [Hing] - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves[karuveppilai] - 2 springs
• Oil - 1 1/2 tbsp [optional]

Preparation

• Wash & Dry out horse gram in sun light for 1 hour.
• Heat pan add horse gram, pour 1 tbsp oil roast till golden brown.
• Then roast chana dal, urad dal, dry red chilli, curry leaves, and garlic, one by one.
• In the same pan add roasted ingredients, asafotida, sea salt roast for 2 min then let it cool.
• In a mixer jar put all roasted ingredients grind to fine powder
• Then let it cool & store in an airtight container use within one month.
• Serve with idli, dosa & rice
• Serving: - Serve with sesame oil, ghee or coconut oil.

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Horse gram powder ingredients

Wash & dry out horse gram for 1 hour

Heat pan, add horse gram

Add 1 tbsp oil, roast till light brown

Now its ready, transfer to a plate, let it cool

Add urad dal, roast till light brown

Roasted urad dal ready, transfer to plate let it cool

Add chana dal, roast till light brown

Now its ready

Add chopped garlic, 1 tsp oil, roast till light brown

Add curry leaves, roast tilll crisp

Now its ready

Roast dry red chilli

Add all roasted ingredients, add hing, roast for 2 min

add sea salt

Transfer to a plate , let it cool

Put all ingredients in a mixer jar, coarsely grind

Then finely grind

Horse gram powder ready

Let it cool, store in an airtight container, use within one month

Kollu podi

Horse gram powder