Nutritious Milagai Podi Recipe

Milagai podi / Idli/ Dosa podi is very common in South Indian homes... There are many recipes for this powder with minor differences.... I got the idea for this nutritious Milagai podi from my cousin’s mother in law, Sashi aunty; she told me, while making, she used to add different types of nuts, dals, beans etc for her grand kids.... So I also thought my dosa loving son may like this and made a batch of it.... But he prefers Sambar for his dosa.... But I know a lot of kids loves have dosa spreading Milagai podi on top of it… so if your kids loves Milagai podi try this nutritious one next time when you make..... just add little bit of different types of nuts. beans and dals, roast well and powder together.....  

Nutritious Milagai  Podi Recipe 

Ingredients:

Dried Red Chillies – 3 cups (45gm)

Urad Dal / Uzhunnu Parippu – 1 cup

Bengal gram dal / Kadala Parippu – 1 ½ tsp

Parboiled Rice / Ari - ¼ cup

Black Sesame seeds / Ellu – 1 tbsp

Curry Leaves – 12

Black Pepper / Kurumulaku – 2tbsp

Salt to taste

Sesame oil / Nallenna – 1 tbsp

Additional Ingredients to make it Nutritious:

Almonds / Badam -2 tbsp

Cashew nuts – 2 tbsp

Pistachios / Pista – 2 tbsp

Soybean – 2 tbsp

Thuar dal / Thuvara parippu – 2 tbsp

Method:

• Heat a wok and add oil and roast the red chillies, taking care not to burn them, in a low flame till the colour changes and its aroma comes out. Remove chillies and keep aside.
• In the same wok roast all dals and all other ingredients separately until deep brown stirring continuously.
• Cool the roasted ingredients and powder altogether in a mixie till you get a slightly coarse powder.
• Store this in an airtight container for several weeks.
• When needed, mix 2 or 3 tbsp of this powder with 1 tbsp of Coconut oil and serve with Dosa or Idli.