Recipe: Perfect Kandi podi

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Kandi podi. Kandi podi a classic Andhra recipe which is actually a flavorsome, protein packed lentil spiced powder. South Indian cuisine is popular for its variety of gun powders where Kandi podi is one among the most wanted ones. Kandi podi is not a very spicy powder like the other milagai podi but is prepared of dry roasted dals (lentils) with other spices to give a nice aromatic fragrance and delicious.

Kandi Podi Recipe or Andhra paruppu podi with video.

Vegan, gluten free, versatile and handy podi to have on hand to make a quick meal in no time.

Kandi podi mixed with hot rice and ghee eaten with avakkai is an emotion and a satiating gastronomic experience in itself.

You can cook Kandi podi using 11 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Kandi podi

  1. You need 2 tablespoon of arhar dal.

  2. Prepare 2 tablespoon of whole coriander.

  3. It’s 1 teaspoon of urad dal.

  4. Prepare 1 tsp of chana dal.

  5. You need 1 tsp of putana Dal.

  6. Prepare 1 cup of curry patta.

  7. It’s Pinch of Hing.

  8. It’s 1 tsp of jeera.

  9. You need 1/2 tsp of mustard seeds.

  10. Prepare to taste of Salt.

  11. It’s 4 of red whole Chillies.

Kandi Pappu in Telugu means Tur dal in English.

Kandi means Toor/Pigeon Peas in Telugu and Podi is powder, making this spiced gun powder Kandi Podi.

Obviously Toor Dal is one of the main ingredients.

Along with it a lot of other lentils are added and it surely is a protein packed powder.

Kandi podi instructions

  1. Dry roast everything.

  2. Add salt. Allowed to cool and grind softly.

  3. .

Kandi podi is the most widely used powders in South India.

It is a dry chutney powder and compulsory recipe seen in every household of Andhra.

This is usually mixed with ghee and goes well with rice and also can be served with idli, vada and dosa.

Kandi Podi recipe is a signature dish of Andhra Pradesh and if you go there you can find this podi in almost all the hotels and they give it along with ghee.

You just need to add this podi and the ghee to your rice, mix and eat it. it just tastes heavenly.