Kuzhambu Milagai Thool – Mommy’s Touch
- 27
- October
- 2009
Mommy’s Kuzhambu Milagai Thool. Multi Purpose Milagai Thool. Kalandha Molaga Podi. Kuzhambu Podi. Home Made Milaga Podi. Molaga Thool. Molaga Podi. Home Made Chili Powder. Mirchi Powder. Kaara Podi.
Mommy makes this ‘Kalandha Milagai Podi’ and uses it invariably to all her preparations. This is kind of multi purpose podi…added to any curry, stew, korma, kootu or sambar. I like them especially in my Meen Kuzhambu (fish curry)…they are simply exquisite. I almost missed that unique chili powder in my cooking, I use cayenne chili powder.:(
So, when I went home (last year), brought a lil package for myself. Totally forgot to blog about it! Had a really hard time…searching for the picture, today. Anyway…this is kind of special to me, coz’ my mommy made it. I just used few spoons from it…in this whole year, retaining the rest as a silly collection.:)
Ingredients:
Dry red chilies 1/4 kilo
Coriander seeds 1/4 kilo
Curry leaves 4 twigs
Poppy seeds 100 grams
Thuvar dal 100 grams
Raw rice 100 grams
Pepper 50 grams
Cumin 50 grams
Asafoetida 2 spoons
Fenugreek 50 grams.
Method:
Sun dry these for a whole day and take them to mill, for grinding. That’s where one could do it to perfection.
Mom’s are always best in every thing dear………enjoy the taste and love of mommy.
Ya, even i buy it outside.. now can try at home..! thanks malar!
u made me home sick malar. I love my mom’s milagai thool too and its over now! Now I refuse to make it coz I wanna go home
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A must in the kitchen….nice arromatic powder
Its like Thanjavur style masala powder, we follow the same method, but the problem here in this part they wont grind it nicely, so we are getting it from India…..Sigh!!
I cant cook anything without chilly powder, every family have their own versions its seems, prefect spice powder…
nice entry dear..will soon try ur podi
My MIl’s sambhar podi is also a multi purpose podi..this is slightly different from ours.will try ,thanks malar !!
My MIL makes this and it sure looks tasty,Malar!
Good thing to keep it safe dear. Seems a treasure to me. Mom’s are always great at making these powders. Adding poopy seeds is a nice idea. Kuzhambu milagai thool looks so perfectly blend. Thanks for the recipe. Nice post da.