Karam Podi (powder for Idly and dosa)

Ingredients:

1 cup Dhaniya

10 or 12 Red chillies

Few curry leaves

1 tea spoon methi

6 to 8 garlic pods

2 tea spoons jeera

half lemon size tamarind

Salt to taste

2 tea spoons of oil

  

                                     ingredients being grounded for Nalla karam Podi

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Method:

Heat oil in a pan.  FIrst add Jeera and methi.  When jeera starts spluttering add red chillies and curry leaves.  Fry for few sec. and add whole dhaniya fry in a medium flame until golden brown color.  You can feel a nice aroma of the fried Dhaniya.

Let the ingredients cool.  Grind all the ingredients to fine powder in a mixie adding salt to taste, tamarind and garlic pods. 

Tasty Karam podi is ready.......Tastes good with  rice and dosa,idly too when served with a spoon of desi ghee......try once.