Coconut Podi Recipe

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups coconut (narial) (scraped)
1 cup red chillies whole
2 tblsp mustard seeds (raai)
1/4 cup black gram split (urad dal)
salt (namak) to taste
1/2 tsp asafoetida
8 tblsp oil (tel)

How to make coconut podi:

Heat 4 tablespoons of oil and fry the coconut to a reddish brown color and cool.
Heat the remaining oil and fry the dal, chillies and mustard seeds separately, remove and cool.
Mix all the ingredients and grind to a coarse powder. Store in a dry airtight bottle.

Dosa Best South Indian Food

Dosa Best South Indian Food

Dosa is a type of pancake made from a fermented batter. It is somewhat similar to a crepe but its main ingredients are rice and black gram. Dosa is a typical part of the South Indian diet and popular all over the Indian subcontinent. Traditionally, Dosa is served hot along with sambar, stuffing of potatoes or paneer and chutney. It can be consumed with idli podi as well.
A south Indian dish which is made and eaten recklessly in South India. This dish is very nice and tasty dish made from the base of the rice flour and filled with the filling of boiled potato dish and cheese sometimes and served hot with coconut sauce and Sambhar again a south India hot and a spicy dish. You can get is anywhere in the streets of India and thus included in our list of 10 Amazing Street Foods of India.
Dosa is high in carbohydrates and contains no added sugars or saturated fats. As its key ingredients are rice and black gram, it is also a good source of protein.The fermentation process increases the vitamin B and vitamin C content.There are also instant mix products for making dosa which usually contain higher amounts of rice.