Kuttu Podi

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of Udad dhal
• 15 – 20 red chilly
• A small tea spoon of Hing asafoetida
• Desiccated coconut powder ¼ cup

Method:

• Grease the pan and put the ingredients with out hing and coconut.
• Fry them till udad dhal becomes red. Put it in the mixer and grind it.
• Add hing powder and coconut and mix well.
• Keep it in the fridge.
• When ever you are going to prepare kuttu, pressure cook vegetable and dhal.
• Make thadaka and add this kuttu podi in that as per your requirement and mix well.
• Add salt, coriander leaves and curry leaves.
• With in one min. you can remove the kuttu from the heat.

Notes:

• In South Indian Samayal, Kuttu is also one important thing. So when ever we make kuttu, we have to fry the ingredients and grind it with coconut. Then add that in cooked vegetable and dhal. Instead of that, make kuttu podi and keep it in the fridge. When ever you are going to prepare kuttu use this.
• You can use Beans, Carrot, Chow Chow, Pumpkin, Cabbage etc to prepare this kuttu. And you can use Thur dhal or Split Moong dal to prepare this.