Hotel Style Podi Idli Recipe

 Podi idli is one of the easy and simple breakfast / lunchbox recipe / evening snack recipe which can be done within minutes. Here idli podi and sesame oil or ghee is tossed on the idlis. You can either use store bought readymade idli podi or you can grind it fresh at home. I always use freshly ground idli podi and I have shared my recipe of idli podi.

Ingredients needed for making Podi idli

Idli - 4 nos.

Gingelly Oil or Ghee as required

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp.

Idli podi as required 

Ingredients needed for making Idli Milagai Podi

1 cups - Red chillies
1/2 cup - Bengal gram dal (kadalai paruppu)
3/4 cup - Urad dal (uzhutham paruppu)
1/2 cup – Gingelly seeds or ellu
A small piece of rock asafoetida
A tsp of Rock salt
A tsp of Oil.

 How to prepare Traditional Idli Milagai podi

1. Heat a Kadai and dry roast both the bengal gram dal and the Urad dal separately until they turn deep brown in colour. Be careful while roasting taking care not to be over fried or underfried. Transfer this to a plate and allow it to cool.

2. Now add oil in the same kadai and roast the asafoetida. I always pefer rock asafoetida because it gives you more aroma and it is the reason for the taste of milagai podi.  Transfer this to the above plate

3. Next you need to fry the red chillies in a low flame taking care not to be burnt. Remove the stalk and then fry.

4. Next fry the sesame seeds in the kadai without oil.

5. Allow all the roasted ingredients to cool, add the required amount of salt and dry grind all to a little coarse powder in a mixie.

Click the link to view Traditional Idli milagai Podi Recipe

Method for making Podi idli

1. To get soft and fluffy idlis just click the link Soft idli recipe

2. Heat oil in a pan, splutter the mustard seeds and then add the curry leaves.

3. Now add the whole idli and toss well in oil or ghee. 

4. Sprinkle the idli podi as per your requirement and toss well.

5. Stir and saute well till the idlis gets coated well with the idli podi. Add more oil or ghee as per your taste.

Serve Podi idli with coconut chutney or any other chutney of your choice.