Chutney Podi Recipe | How to make Chutney Podi (Podi Chutney)

Hi friends, Today's recipe is chutney podi or podi chutney. Chutney podi or podi chutney is an interesting side dish for idli and dosa. We can even serve it with hot piping rice and a spoonful of ghee. My kids make fun of the name of this dish as it is powder but it is called Podi Chutney or chutney podi. Podi means powder, but chutney is a thick paste like substance. How can a dish have both names, chutney and podi. It is a powder with little sweet and tangy flavor. My mother is an expert in making chutney podi recipe. She only taught me the procedure of making chutney podi recipe. And I am still following. Podi chutney recipe takes a little longer time to make, but very interesting.

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Chutney Podi Recipe | How to make Chutney Podi (Podi Chutney)
Author: Sailaja Angara
Preparation Time: 20 Mins
Cooking time: 30 Mins
Servings: 6 people

A best accompaniment for idli, dosa and hot piping rice.

Ingredients:

1 Cup Black Gram/Urad Dal

1 Cup Bengal Gram/Chana

1 Cup Dry Coconut grated

15 to 20 Red Chillis

1/2 Cup Tamarind

1 Cup Jaggery

2 Tbsp Ghee

1 Tbsp Mustard Seeds

1 Tbsp Cumin Seeds

1 Tbsp Chana Dal

1 Tbsp Urad Dal

1 Red Chilli

Procedure:

1. Grate dry coconut. Make 1 cup of it.
2. Cut or scrape jaggery. Make 1 cup of it.
3. Make small pieces of tamarind strips. Make 1/2 cup of it.
4. Dry roast black gram till it turns into light brown color. Keep it a side.
5. Roast bengal gram till light brown shade and keep it aside.
6. Roast red chillies and dry coconut.
7. Keep them aside separately, do not mix them with the above roasted dals.
8. Dry roast tamarind till the mosture in it goes off.
9. Allow them to cool.
10. Grind black gram and bengal gram to fine powder.
11. Sieve them to get fine powder.
12. Take small portion of the above powder add dry coconut and again grind it.
13. Mix it with the above powder.
14. Again take small portion of it, add red chillies and grind it.
15. Mix it with the rest of the above powder.
16. Take small portion of it, add tamarind and grind it.
17. Mix it with rest of the powder. Take small portion from it and add jaggery and grind it.
18. Mix it with the rest of the powder. Mix well. Add salt to it.
19. Heat ghee in a kadai, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and red chillies. Once they start splutter add it to the above powder and mix well.
20. Once mixed properly the powder can be stored in an airtight container for a month.
21. Serve chutney podi or podi chutney with hot piping rice and a spoonful of ghee. Or we can sprinkle chutney podi or podi chutney on idli or dosa to get a nice flavourful taste.