Most of you will probably know about my love for spice mixes. Just to make it obvious, I have a whole section dedicated to these magic masalas.
So when the themes for Week 2 in the 24th edition of blogging Marathon, was announced and I saw the theme – Cooking with kitchen electric appliances, I knew I had to use the mixer / blender and prepare some spice mix.
My treasure trove of recipes was where I searched and I found one that I had written down from some book in April,2007.[Yes, I still have the habit of writing the date before actually writing anything!]. I have written a whole collection of recipes that can be prepared with mint leaves and the idea of making a spice mix with mint leaves sounded like – delicious!
I used :
Mint leaves – a bunch / 2 handfuls of leaves
Toor dal- 1/4 cup
Moong dal -1/4 cup
Channa dal – 1/4 cup
Roasted channa dal – a little less than 1/4 cup
Peppercorns – 10 numbers
Red chillies- 2
Ajwain / carom seeds-1 teaspoon
Ginger powder- 1/2 teaspoon.
Salt to taste
- Separate the leaves from the stalks and wash the leaves well.Drain in a colander. Spread out the leaves on a kitchen towel till there is no trace of moisture.
- Dry roast all the ingredients in a pan except salt and ginger powder till the dals are golden brown in color.
- Put in the mint leaves, turn off the heat and continue to roast for a few minutes
- Spread it our on a plate to cool.
- Grind to a fine powder.
6.Add salt and ginger powder and mix well.Store in an air tight container….
To prepare mint- lentil spice mix rice…
Cook rice so that grains are separate. Drizzle a teaspoon of sesame oil[or any other neutral vegetable oil]. Add a few teaspoon of the mint-lentil powder. Mix well and enjoy with a curry and crispy of your choice.
Take a look at the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#24
Bon Appetit…
yummy!!
Mint spice powder looks simple to prepare. Will make this for my mom.
Love all the colors , nice presentation !!
-Smitha
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basic podi.lovely clicks pj.
The addition of mint must have kicked the taste and aroma up a notch. Nice recipe, PJ.
Healthy and yummy pudina podi..Love the flavors in it..
Wow…very healthy podi….
The mint powder looks really simple to make.. will try it out soon.. can be used in any dish.. 🙂
wow what a flavorful masala – i will def. b trying this one
Very interesting mix of masalas 🙂
Mint paruppu podi looks fabulous, can guess how flavourful this podi will be.
Flavorful podi.. Love it..
Nice! And different, too 🙂
really very flavorful and quick lunch dish.
Delicious podi. Love the flavours.
We make podi with cilantro. This one must be also a flavorful one.
Such a flavorful spice powder.
Wow very interesting. podi looks yummy. Have pudina at home. trying it right away.
Very good usage PJ..can't live without a mixer!
so tempting and tongue tickling.. nice way to include pudhina in diet!!!
Sowmya
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