Thengai Milagai Podi Recipe

Thengai Milagai Podi is a handy dish which you can use it as a dry chutney powder to serve with idli, dosa etc. You can even mix it with rice, drizzle some sesame oil and enjoy with some arisi vadaam or banana chips. I have already shared a recipe to make Idli milagai podi which is widely used in our South Indian homes. Thengai Milagai podi is another version where we use roasted coconut.

My blog is all about easy cooking, recipes and dishes which I experiment in my kitchen. I learnt cooking from my mom and some recipes passed on from my grandma, mother-in-law, aunts etc. So many fond memories, recipes and I love writing about it. So, here’s another easy recipe to make some delicious podi made with coconut, lentil and spices.

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Thengai Milagai Podi

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Indian

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Author Priya Shiva

Ingredients

• Urad Dal/White Lentil -1/2 cup
• Split chickpeas/chana dal - 1/2 cup
• Freshly Grated Coconut - 1 cup
• Dried Red chilies - 15
• Asafoetida/ hing - ¼ tsp
• White Sesame seeds - 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Sesame Oil - 1 tsp

Instructions

1. Heat 1 tsp of oil and roast on low flame white lentil, asafoetida and chana dal together until they turn golden brown.  Transfer it in a plate and let it cool down.

2. Now roast on low flame grated coconut till it turns brown in color.

3. Roast red chilies in the same pan on low flame for few minutes. Transfer in the plate.

4. Roast sesame seeds in the end and let all the roasted ingredients cool down completely.

5. Add all these roasted ingredients with salt in your food processor and coarsely grind it.

6. Store it in an airtight container in a cool place.

Recipe Notes

You can serve it with Dosa,idli as dry chutney powder. You can even mix this podi with rice and drizzle little sesame oil and enjoy with papads. You can also use to it mix in stir-fry vegetables. Add it in the end and it adds a nice flavor.