Poondu dhania podi recipe – A great side dish for idli dosa and even rice.This is a spicy and flavourful podi that you can make and store it for months and enjoy.This podi can be mixed with gingelly oil or ghee and can be served with idli dosa, you can also mix it with rice, oil and have it..tastes so good.
When I visit chennai one of the main things I look forward is the food at my sil’s place.She always has atleast 4-5 podis in stock which is passed on from her mil.We all liked this podi so much so asked my sil for the measures.She in turn called her mil to get the recipe and passed it on to me 🙂 Thank you Priya!! 🙂
I am going to make few podis and stock it up so that it will be helpful especially when I am too drained out to make dinner.

Garlic coriander seeds powder recipe
Poondu dhania podi recipe - A great side dish for rice and idli,dosa.
Ingredients
- 1 and 1/2 cups coriander seeds
- 7 cloves garlic
- 1/2 cup red chilli
- 1/8 cup jeera
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1/4 tsp hing
- 1 tsp oil
- salt to taste (I used rock salt)
Instructions
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Heat oil in a pan - add coriander seeds and roast until nice aroma comes and it becomes browned.Set aside.
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Now add red chillies and roast until slightly crisp.Set aside.Now add jeera and roast until golden,set aside.Add pepper and roast for 2 mins.
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Add hing to it and set aside to cool down.Now cool down all the ingredients.Then transfer to a mixer jar.
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Coarse grind it.Crush garlic roughly.
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Add to the mixer jar.Again grind it but pulse it few times until well combined.Roast salt if you are using rock salt.
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Add it to the mixer jar.If you are using normal salt add it as such no need to roast.Grind it to a coarse mixture.Cool down and store.
Recipe Notes
- This podi keeps well for atleast 3 months.Keep it moisture free and use clean spoon everytime.
- This is medium spicy if you prefer you can reduce the chillies.
Steps to make poondu dhania podi recipe:
- Heat oil in a pan – add coriander seeds and roast until nice aroma comes and it becomes browned.Set aside.
- Now add red chillies and roast until slightly crisp.Set aside.Now add jeera and roast until golden,set aside.Add pepper and roast for 2 mins.
- Add hing to it and set aside to cool down.Now cool down all the ingredients.Then transfer to a mixer jar.
- Coarse grind it.Crush garlic roughly.
- Add to the mixer jar.Again grind it but pulse it few times until well combined.Roast salt if you are using rock salt.
- Add it to the mixer jar.If you are using normal salt add it as such no need to roast.Grind it to a coarse mixture.Cool down and store.
Store in airtight container.
Add to rice,mix with ghee or gingelly oil and enjoy!
This is meant to be little coarse so that it goes well with both idli dosa and rice.
Enjoy with hot soft idlies…bliss!!
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