Dosa podi with Flax Seeds.

There is wide spread talk that Flax seeds are good for health. It contains Omega3 fatty acids and  fibre .
We can use  this Flax seeds in our cooking to take advantage of its nutrient contents.

Let us see how to make this Dosa podi using this seeds.

We need :

1. Red Chillies  --- a handful/ as per your taste.
2. Urad dhal ----1 small Tumbler.
3. Flax Seeds --1/4 tumbler.
4. Salt --To Taste.
5. Asafoetida ---- a little.
6. oil ---2 teaspoons.

Cooking instructions:

Heat the frying pan and add the flax seeds. It will pop. Fry it to pop for a while. Then remove from fire .
Now add oil to the pan,heat it. Fry the urad dhal, red chillies , and asafoetida . When the dhal turns red, remove from fire and allow it to cool.

Add all the fried items into a mixi jar along with salt. Powder the contents. Let it be a little coarse.
Texture does make a difference even in taste.

Serve it with hot idlis or dosas . Enjoy the taste.
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Onion Powder / Podi

To make the onion powder all we need is

1. A handful of small/sambar/pearl onions.

2. A tumbler of Sambardhal/toor dhal.
 (Always see that the quantity of dhal is more than the  onions, to have a desirable texture of the powder.)

3. Red Chillies  as per your taste.
4. Asafoetida  a pinch.
Salt as per your taste.
A spoon of  oil to fry .

Heat the oil in a pan. Fry the asafoetida, dhal, red chillies till they are  red.
Fry the onions a little.(Take care to see that the onions don't get fried up a lot.  If the onions get fried up a lot , you will end up with onion chutney and not podi.)

First powder the fried dhal. asafoetida, chillies, salt to a  fine powder. Then add the fried onions  to this powder and let the mixie run roughly  for about 45 seconds only .(Again take care to see that you don't grind the onions and the mixture to a paste.)

Stir it with a spoon and store it in glass jars. You can keep it referigerated.
Add this powder to hot rice. Add a little gingelly oil ,mix it and eat.
You are sure to like its taste. Yummy!!
Let me know if you like this recipe.