Podi (Gunpowder) Rice

         This is my style of a perfect comfort food as it is quick, easy and simple to prepare but with loads of flavour. This yummy one-pot meal comes in handy when you are too lazy or when time is less. Just a wee bit of tempering and mixing the podi to any cooked rice and you are done with a plateful of yummy delicacy. 

          Enjoy with papad, chips or fryums. It is simply lip smacking and a great substitute to any fried rice, jeera rice or plain biryani. You got to have it to believe. So hurry up and dish out this simple meal by following the step by step pictorial recipe to prepare it.

             

          'Podi' - which literally translates to powder, is a mixture of ground spices and lentils, which is found in abundance in the cuisines of South India. In this recipe I have used Andhra special Nalla Karam Podi, but you can go in for any store bought or homemade podi of your choice. You can relish podi rice for breakfast, brunch, lunch / dinner or pack for a lunch box meal too. 

• 2 cups cooked rice
• 2 tbsp. any idli podi (gunpowder)
• salt to taste
• pinch of turmeric powder (opt)
• 2 tbsp. ghee
• 1 tsp. mustard oil
• pinch of asafoetida
• 1-2 sprigs curry leaves
• 2 dry red chilies
• 2 green chilies, slit
• 1 tsp. urad dal (split green gram)
• 1 tbsp. coriander leaves, chopped

          Heat ghee in a pan and temper with red chilies and mustard seeds. After it stops spluttering, add the curry leaves, urad dal, asafoetida and green chilies.

          Sauté for a few seconds and then Add the rice, idli podi, salt and turmeric powder. Mix everything well and stir fry for 2 minutes.

           Switch off the flame and garnish with coriander leaves. Serve with papads, chips and fryums for breakfast, brunch or lunch. They may also be packed for a lunch box meal too. 

                      Heat ghee & temper with red chilies and mustard seeds. Then add the 
                      curry leaves, urad dal, asafoetida, green chilies & asafoetida.

                      Sauté few seconds & then add rice, idli podi, salt & turmeric powder. 
                      Mix everything well and stir fry for 2 minutes.

                        Switch off the flame and garnish with coriander leaves. 

                      Serve with papads, chips and fryums for breakfast, brunch or lunch.