Kuzhambu Podi


Ingredients
  1. Coriander seed (Dhaniya) - 3 cup
  2. Bengal gram (Kadalai paruppu) - 1 cup
  3. Turmeric Rhizome (kombhu manjal) - 4
  4. Red chilly - 3 cup
Preparation


Keep the above ingredients in hot sun for 2 hours.
Alternative is to heat the above ingredients for few minutes in a dry pan until they get heated. Don't heat them too much untill they get roasted.  You must be able to touch the ingredients after heating.
If you have a flour mill near by, you can grind the above there for large quantity. Maintain the ratio of ingredients as above.

Or grind them nicely in a mixer grinder.



14 comments:

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    1. Sorry Srinivasan. We missed it. Red chilly amount is same as dhaniya

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  2. Bhoomasrinivasan14 August 2013 at 17:08

    fenugreek and toordhaall should be added

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    1. We do not use them in podi. Instead they will be used when making kuzhambu

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  3. Turmeric 4 what? cups?

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  4. 4 piece of turmeric root

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  5. 4 piece of turmeric root

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  6. Hi,

    Can we use turmeric powder instead? We don't get turmeric roots where I live. If yes, what is the proportion?

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    1. Yes, you can use powder if you do not have turmeric root. After grinding the ingredients, add a teaspoon of turmeric powder and grind one time.

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  7. Hi mam, I tried your morkuzhambu recipe it came out very well... Thank you very much.. Now want to try kuzhambu podi...please mention the red chilli variety ...also can I use this powder for all kind of curry?

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  8. can't we simply add the following powders - Turmeric Powder (1 sp), Chilli Powder (1 sp), Coriander Powder (1 sp), and Besan/Gram Flour (1/3 Sp)?

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  9. How about a couple of tablespoons of raw rice ?

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  10. The recipe is drafted carelessly. What is meant by Red chilly 4 cups?

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  11. measurement in cups is very deceptive. please use metric measurements as in grams

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