Garlic Paruppu Podi
Garlic paruppu podi is a recipe from Andhra Pradesh. Many restaurants on Andhra serve this as the first dish along with hot ghee and or gingely oil. The perfect combination of lentils, garlic and spices makes it quite aromatic and is easy to make at home in lesser quantity.Grind it coarse or fine powder according to the family's preference. We prefer a fine powder where as my friend's family prefer a coarse one as they love the crunch while eating with rice. Ingredients: Garlic - 12 pods with skin (the bigger variety is preffered) Gingely Oil - 1 tbsp Toor dal - 3/4th cup Fried Channa Dal (Pottu kadalai) - 1/2 cup Black pepper - 1 tsp Red Chillies round - 6 nos Asafodeita - 1/2 inch piece Salt to taste Method: Smash the garlic along with skin. Add 1/2 spoon oil to the pan and when it is hot add the smashed garlic to it and saute it a little and remove from flame and set aside. Add the remaining oil and fry thoor dal when it starts turning brown add the black pepper and red c