Ellu Podi for morekulambu

This will be very tasty for morekulambu - Selvi

Ellu Podi:
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Three types of ellu u get in the market, white, black another one is brownish colour. all are with the skin. for this podi we have to choose the brownish colour. dry fry in the pan till nice smells comes out of it, once it comes to the room temperature, put in the grinder and use the whip button so that the skin is removed, then it is ready to use. We can make with this ellu kolukattai poornam, ellu podi and ellu thuvayal.


Ellu - 3 tblsp
dry red chilly - 6
Garlic - 5 to 6 cloves
Tamarind - 2"

In a pan, add 1/2 tsp of oil fry the chilly in the slow fire, then dry fry the ellu . Once it comes to the room temperature, put this in the mixier and dry powder it. Then add tamarind (can be dry fry in the pan), salt, garlic and powder it. Store it in a airtight container, this will stay for 10 days. We can have this as a sidedish for morekulambu. we can mix with the hot steam rice and little of gingelly oil. Also we can have with idli,dosa .