Finally mix all the items made earlier into tasty puliyodharai
Ingredients for spice powder
Sesame seeds(Ellu)
Fenugreek(Vendhayam)
Red Chilli(just 1 or 2)
Coriander seeds(if you don’t have it, no problem use coriander powder instead)
Ingredients for the seasoning and tamarind paste
Channa Dhal(Kadalai Paruppu)
Asafoetida
Salt
Turmeric
Roasted Peanuts(if you are going all in)
Red Chilli
Mustard
Urad Dhal
Curry Leaves
Tamarind Paste(add some tamarind paste to a cup of water and dilute it)
Prepare the spice powder
First dry fry sesame seeds, fenugreek and 1 red chilli (the red chilli here is the main component for the spice, so if you want your food to be hot add more red chilli here)
if you have coriander seeds add to the above and dry fry, otherwise you can add the coriander powder later
Grind the above fried mix into a coarse powder and keep it separetely
Prepare the tamarind paste
Add Oil in a frying pan.
add the mustard, urad dhal, channa dhal, red chillis, curry leaves and fry all till the channa dhal turns brown
Pour the diluted tamarind juice into the pan.
add the turmeric powder
If you are using coriander powder add it to the mix here
Add salt to taste and a pinch of asafoetida
Keep cooking and the mix will start to boil and wait till oil separates.
