MOONGDAL DOSA MILAGAI PODI

milagai podi is normally served with dosa, idli etc.  I use this sometimes for the dry subzis too.  The tradtiional recipe of milagai podi is made out of urid dal.  Today I tried the same with moongdal and was very tasty.

So if you cannot consume the urid dal, this is an alternate method for making dosa milagai podi.  Dosas can be made without urid dal also.

Let us look at the recipe now:


Total time Taken: 45 minutes
yield :  around 1/2 cup

Ingredients:

1/4 cup moongdal
6-7 dry red chillies
fistful of chana dal
1 1/2tsp oil
salt
a generous pinch of asafoetida
few curry leaves (optional)
1 tsp white sesame seeds


Method:

Wash and strain the seasame seed in a tea strainer.   keep aside.  Heat 1/2 tsp  oil in kadai.  put the chana dal in it and fry till golden brown.  remove in a plate.  Now add 1/2 tsp  oil in kadai, put the moongdal and fry till golden brown.  add the asafoetida, mix well and remove in a separate plate.

add the balance oil and fry the red chillies. remove and allow to cool all the ingredients.  put the sesame seeds in the kadai and fry them.  remove in a separate plate to cool.

if you are using curry leaves, put them in kadai and fry till crispy.

Put the chana dal, red chilli in a container of the mixi and grind till you get a coarse powder. remove and add the moongdal, curry leaves  and grind to a coarse powder.  Now mix the ground chana, chilli, sesame seeds, salt and pulse it for a minute.

transfer to an airtight container and use as and when required.