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Idly Milagai Podi also know as gun powder is a healthier side dish for south indian breakfast items like idly, dosa, uthapam, adai etc. The recipe I'm sharing here is tried and most liked by my family all through since my childhood. Breakfast always has idly and a chutney variety like roasted gram chutney, peanut chutney, mint chutney, coriander chutney. When you laze around on a weekend and really do not want to make these fresh herb or gram chutneys, then you call this idly milagai podi for the rescue and slurp the hot idlies. Ingredients: 1 tbsp gingely oil 22-25 dried red chillies, you can adjust the chillies as per your spice level 1/4 cup rice 1/2 cup white sesame seeds 3/4 cup channa dhal or Bengal gram 3/4 cup urad dhal or black gram 1 tsp. hing or asafetida Salt to taste Food Advertising by How to make idly milagai podi: 1. Heat a pan or kadai or wok with a tbsp of gingely oil.   2. Add dried red chillies and fry for a minute on me...

Breakfast lovers would want to try new variety every other day of a week. Atleast i would want to try new dish for each of the seven days in a week. While exploring the options, i got reminded of my childhood favorite snack, rava kitchidi which my mom makes frequently. Kitchidi almost the same ingredients of vegetable biriyani but in less propotion. Let's take a look at the ingredients we need to prepare the kitchidi. Ingredients: 1 cup rava/semolina 1 cup chopped onions 3/4 cup chopped tomatoes 3 slit green chilies 1 tsp ginger garlic paste 5 mint leaves 1 tsp snauf, optional 1 tsp corriander leaves 2 cloves 1-inch cinnamon stick 1 bay leaf 2 cardamons 2 tbsp oil or ghee Steps: 1. Rava (semolina) needs to be dry roasted before making kitchidi. This gives a nice flavour as well as the rava doesn't get mashed in the process. 2. In a pan, add a cup of rava and roast it in medium flame. When the rava turns to light brown, switch off the flame...