We always maintain a minimum stock of paruppu podi as it is very much useful to me when i feel lazy to cook or we would like to eat something very simple. Paruppu podi can be mixed to the white rice with ghee/oil and can go well with applam (chutta applam/fried applam). As its name suggest it is made of dhalls and is good for health too. You can adjust the spice requirement by adding less/more red chillis. There are many variations available for this recipe and the one which I follow is given below.
![Paruppu Podi]( "Paruppu Podi")
Preparation and Yield:
| Preparation time | 15 mins |
| Cooking Time | 15 mins |
| Yield | 300gms |
Ingredients:
| Kollu(Horse Gram) | 1/2 Cup* |
| Green Gram dal | 1/2 Cup |
| Thur Dal | 1/4 Cup |
| Red Chilli | 4 |
| Pepper | 1 teaspoon |
| Cumin Seeds | 1 teaspoon |
| Salt | 1/2 teaspoon |
1 Cup Capacity = 250ml
Method:
- Heat a pan and Dry fry the horse gram first till they turn slightly brown color. Take this aside in a plate. Add green gram dal to the pan and dry fry it till the dal turns golden brown colour. Take this too in the same plate
- Next add thur dal and fry till the dal turns golden brown colour. Take this roasted dal to the same plate. Then add black pepper and fry for a 30 seconds. Take this to the plate
- Add red chillies and dry fry for 30 seconds and add it to the plate.Finally dry fry salt and add it to the other ingredients
- Allow all the fried ingredients to cool off and then grind all these in a mixer along with jeera to a fine powder
- The tasty Paruppupodi is ready to serve with cooked rice.
