Kollu podi recipe with step by step photos. Sharing a very easy to make, healthy and so delicious kollu podi recipe.
I make this kollu podi recipe regularly at home, this tastes great with rice, gingely oil and we eat with idli too but I never thought to blog the recipe here. Last week I received requests for recipes with kollu/horsegram. The reader asked for this kollu podi recipe and kollu rasam recipe. So I made a fresh batch of kollu podi last week and clicked pics too 🙂
Kollu/horsegram is one amazing lentil with whole lot of health benefits. One of the most known benefit of horsgram is that it helps in weight loss. It also helps in keeping cholesterol in check, gives energy, helps in treating cold and fever. If you are not interested in consuming plain horse gram soaked in water, then you can try such easy horse gram recipes to get some benefits.
To make kollu podi recipe, along with kollu/ horse gram, I have used channa dal, black urad dal. I have also added a small quantity of methi seeds and cumin seeds. This was the first time I used methi and cumin seeds in paruppu podi but we liked the flavor and taste very much. This is one flavorful and really delicious podi, try this once and you will surely love it.
Serve kollu podi with steamed rice, ghee or oil along with roasted papad. You can also serve kollu podi as side dish with idli/dosa etc. You can also add 1 teaspoon of this podi in any curry or even rasam.
Here is how to make kollu podi recipe, do give this a try. If you are looking for easy podi recipes do check verkadalai paruppu podi, thengai podi, ellu milagai podi
Kollu podi recipe with step by step photos.
1. Heat 1 teaspoon gingely oil in a kadai/wok. Add the cleaned and measured horse gram/ kollu to the hot oil and fry well for 3-4 minutes. Some kollu will start to burst and color will change slightly. Remove the fried kollu to a plate.
2. In the same oil add channa dal, urad dal and fry well too till the colore changes to golden. Remove to the same plate along with roasted horse gram.
3. In the same oil add dried red chilies, methi seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaf and asafoetida. Sute well till the chilies turn dark in color. Let everything to cool down.
4. Take all the roasted ingredients in a dry grinding jar.
5. Grind for 1-2 minutes.
6. Add required salt. Grind gain to a somewhat coarse powder. Store kollu podi in airtight container and use as required.
Kollu podi recipe card below:
Kollu podi recipe | Horsegram powder recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup kollu/ horse gram
- 1/4 cup channa dal
- 1/4 cup black urad dal
- 1/2 teaspoon methi seeds
- 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
- 20 curry leaves
- 10-15 dried red chilies
- 1/2 teaspoon asafoetida
- salt
- 1 teaspoon oil
Instructions
- Heat 1 teaspoon gingely oil in a kadai/wok. Add the cleaned and measured horse gram/ kollu to the hot oil and fry well for 3-4 minutes. Some kollu will start to burst and color will change slightly. Remove the fried kollu to a plate.
- In the same oil add channa dal, urad dal and fry well too till the colore changes to golden. Remove to the same plate along with roasted horse gram.
- In the same oil add dried red chilies, methi seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaf and asafoetida. Saute well till the chilies turn dark in color. Let everything to cool down.
- Take all the roasted ingredients in a dry grinding jar.
- Grind for 1-2 minutes.
- Add required salt. Grind gain to a somewhat coarse powder. Store kollu podi in airtight container and use as required
Notes
2. Instead of asafoetida you can add garlic pods
3. You can use normal urad dal or even toor dal instead of black urad dal
Nutrition
kopperundevi says
I was looking for slimming kollu recipes and bang on I found this kollu podi. Will try out immediately
Srimaan says
Hi
Have a nice day
This is an interesting Horse-gram powder preparation.I’m expecting some medicinal value from this food item. I’m trying.
Thank you.