Nalla minumula idli podi(black urad dal powder)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup whole Black Urad(Minumulu)
• 1/2 cup Chana dal
• 2 tbsp white Sesame seeds
• 8 Red chillies
• Salt to taste
• 2 tsp Oil

Method:

1. Heat 1 tsp oil and roast whole urad until it is roasted and crisp over medium flame.It takes roughly 5-7 mins.Remove it and keep it aside.
2. Heat another tsp oil in the same kadai and roast chana dal until red and crisp.Remove and keep it aside.
3. In the same kadai add red chillies until crisp and changes its color.Remove and let them cool
4. Add sesame seeds to the same kadai and let them pop.It takes hardly a minute or two.Remove them on the plate.
5. Once the ingredients are cooled down grind everything with salt(to taste) in the mixer to a coarse powder.
6. Spread the mixture on a plate and once it is cooled pour into the air tight container and store it for a couple of months.
7. Serve it with idli/dosa/upma.Mix the powder with a liberal quantity of ghee or sesame oil while serving.