Ingredients

• 1 cup red gram dal
• 1 tbsp Bengal gram dal
• 1 tbsp black gram dal
• 1 tbsp fried gram dal (bhuna channa)
• 2/3 tsp pepper corn
• 5 red chillies
• 1/2 tsp asafoetida powder
• 1 tbsp ghee
• Salt to taste

How to Make Dhal Powder (Parupu Podi)

• Dry roast the red gram dhal, Bengal gram dhal and black gram dhal for five minutes on a low heat.
• Fry in the ghee.
• Add the peppercorns, red chillies and asafoetida powder.
• Powder all ingredients in a dry blender or coffee grinder.
• Add salt.
• Serve with hot rice and ghee.