Angaya Podi - அங்காய பொடி

Here is a traditional and forgotten item.

Angaya Podi - அங்காய பொடி is a feel good item, enhances taste buds and supposedly good for nursing mothers, comforts gastric problems etc., 
 

My mom was an expert in making this Podi.

Hing, sundakka vatral and sukku is good for gastric problems.

Dhaniya is good for Pittam and also tickles the taste buds.

Neem flower has anti oxidant properties  and pepper, jeera aids digestion.

Usually store bought Podi tastes bitter and is brown in colour, but my mom recipe is very flavourful with rich dark brown colour and less bitter.

Here goes the recipe 

Ingredients needed:-

1.    Sundakka vatral  - 1/2 cup

2.   Veppampoo dried  - 1 cup

3.   Dhaniya seeds - 3/4 cup

4.   Pepper - 2 tablespoon

5.   Jeera - 2 tablespoon 

6.   Channa dal - 3 tablespoon

7.   Urad dal - 4 tablespoon 

8.   Red chilli dried  - 20 nos 

9.   Hing - 1 tsp (here I used Katti Perungayam) 

10. Tamarind - little 

11.  Salt to taste 

12.  Jaggery  - little

13.  Dry ginger (sukku) few 



அங்காய பொடி

 

Method:-

1. Heat kadai and dry roast each item separately.

2. Cool and powder it.
Store in a air tight container.

அங்காய பொடி

3. Mix this Podi  in hot rice by adding ghee or nalla ennai.

Note:-

1. Neem flowers - Dark roast it so that its bitterness goes.
2. Sundakka - Crisp roast.
3. Hing - Use it generously and its better to use the Katti Perungayam or Hing block.
 

Curry Podi

Curry Podi

Multi purpose Podi.

With the help of this Podi we can make many dishes.

Easy to make.

Ingredients needed:-

1. Dhaniya  - 3 measure

2. Channa dal / Kadalai paruppu - 2 measure

3. Urad dal / uluthamparuppu - 1 measure

4. Red Chilli according to taste

5. Curry leaves -  handful

6. Hing / Perungayam.

Method:-

1. Dry roast each ingredient separately .

2. Cool and make it powder and store in a airtight container.

Note :- This powder can be used to make all fry curries like Potato, Raw Banana, Brinjal, Kovaikkai.

2. This powder can also be used to in Sundal.

3. Adding little this curry powder gives good texture to Gothsu.

Idli podi With Sesame(Ellu)

Milagai Podi - Chilli Powder - Chutney Powder.
Chief Accompaniment to all South Indian tiffin items.

Ingredients Needed:
1. Urad Dal - 1 cup
2. Channa Dal - 1/2 cup
3. Sesame seeds - 2 tablespoons
4. Idli rice - 1 tsp
5. Hing
6. Salt to taste
7. Dried red Chilli - 1/2 cup (according to taste)
8. Tamarind - small gooseberry size
9. Jaggery very little to adjust taste
10. Oil 1tsp

Method:
1. Roast No 1 to 4 separately till golden brown.
2. Heat 1 tsp oil, roast red chillies with tamarind and with little salt.
(Salt reduces the burning smell of red chillies)
3. Cool everything.
4. Make fine Powder of Red chillies, Salt, Tamarind and Hing.
5. Then add the 1 to 4 items and Jaggery. Powder it, it can be coarse or fine.

Serve this podi with Sesame Oil with Idli or Dosa.
Note:-
1. Adding Salt while roasting the chiilies, will reduce the burning effect of the chillies.

Vazhaikkai Podi (Raw Banana Powder)

Vazhaikkai Podi
A Podi variety with Raw Banana (Plantain).
Spicy.

Ingredients Needed:
1. Raw Banana 1
2. Salt to taste
3. Channa Dal - 2 1/2 table spoons
4. Coriander Seeds - 1 1/2 tsp
5. Urad Dal - 1 tsp
6. Pepper Corns - 6
7. Tamarind - Small Gooseberry Size.
8. Salt to taste
9. Dry Red Chillies 7 to 8 (according to taste)
10. Oil 2 tsp
11. Mustard seeds a nd Curry leaves.
12. Hing

Vazhaikkai Podi

Method:
1. Heat 1 tsp of Oil in a kadai, Fry Channa dal, Urad dal, Coriander seeds, Pepper, Red Chilli & Tamarind,
till brown and keep it aside.
2. Peel the skin and Cut the Raw Banana into small, thin pieces. Fry these pieces in the same Oil till it shrinks,
in medium flame and keep aside to allow it to cool.
3. Add Salt and Hing to the Dal mixture and pound. Then add the Raw Banana pieces.
4. Heat another spoon of Oil and season with Mustard and Curry leaves, Fry the pounded Raw Banana Powder for 2 minutes.

[] Serve this Podi with Hot Rice and have it along with melted Ghee. []

Note: This Podi can stand good for weeks.

^ ^ ^ SAMBAR POWDER ^ ^ ^

Ingredients:
1. Coriander seeds : 2 cups
2. Dried red chillies 1 ½ cups
3. Toor dal 4 table spoons
5. Rice 2 tsps
6. Black pepper ¼ tsp
7. Cumin seeds ½ tsp
8. Channa dal 2 table spoons

Method:
Fry the above ingredients separately till hot and make a fine powder and store in an
air tight container.

! ! With the help of this powder you can make delicious sambar. ! !

::: RASAM POWDER :::

Ingredients:
1. Coriander seeds : 3 cups
2. Pepper ½ cup
3. Jeera (Cumin) 1 cup
4. Dried red chilles ½ cup
5. Red gram dal 1 cup
6. Fenugreek seeds ½ tsp.

Method:
Dry roast the above ingredients separately ,cool it powder it.
Powder should not be very fine.
Store in an airtight container and use when required.

+ + KOLLU PODI + +

Ingredients:
1. Kollu one cup (Horse gram)
2. 6 dried red chillies.
3. One tsp cumin seeds
4. 4 flakes garlic
5. Salt to taste
6. Oil 1 tsp

Method:
Heat oil in a kadai and fry garlic flakes till golden brown keep aside.
Add cumin seeds fry it and put kollu, chillies and roast it nicely.
Cool it and powder it.

Have this powder with hot rice with or gingely oil.

* * This powder is very good for those who are on diet. * *

* * PARUPPU PODI * *

Ingredients:
1. ToorDal 1 cup.
2. Red chillies 5 to 6.
3. Salt 11/2 tsp.
4. Black Pepper 10 nos.
5. Cumin 1 tsp.

Method:
Dry Roast all the above except cumin seeds and salt till golden brown(till nice aroma )
Put cumin seeds on the roasted dal and switch off the fire.
Cool it and powder it in mixer to nice powder.
While grinding add little hing (perungayam).
Store it in a air tight container. This can be fresh for a month.

Have this powder with hot rice with melting ghee or gingely oil.

~ ~ KARUVEPPILLAI PODI~ ~
Ingredients:
1. Urad dal ½ cup
2. Channa dal and toor dal mix ¼ cup
3. Red chillies (Dried) 8 to 10
4. Small gooseberry size tamarind
5. Curry leaves 1 cup. (Cleaned and dried)
6. Pepper 1/2 Tsp.
7. Jeera 1 Tsp.
8. Salt to taste.

Method:
Dry roast above ingredients till nice flavor .
Cool it and powder it .
Store in a airtight container.
While grinding add little hing to enhance its taste.

Have this powder with hot rice with melting ghee or gingely oil.