What's Gunpowder? - Page 2

Ok, thanks for the info. Didn't know 😊

I am a malayali and we call it 'chammanthi podi' synonym for chutney powder.Its spicy and nice accompaniment to idli and dosa. we mix powder with oil and serve.😊

Thanks for the info.

Originally posted by: hamzanuha

No, I don't think so. He said something on the lines of it being hot. And I think garam masala is more central India-ish, like Mughlai dishes.

Edit:- Correction - North India

Thanks for all the information about gun powder.

Gun Powder = Kandi Podi . This powder is prepared from Toovar dal and Bengal Gram dal. Of course with other Roasted Ingriedients like Dania /Red chillies/Jeera..etc..ITs taste very good with Idli/Dosa or With rice

Originally posted by: hamzanuha

Found this online:

If you've eaten a south Indian meal, you have probably come across a variant of what is often called 'gunpowder' in Indian English ' spicy roasted lentil powders that go as accompaniments to various dishes. The Tamil name is molagaapoDii (literally spice powder, I think), but in Marathi and Kannada we call them chaTNiipuDii, or chutney powders. Each family has some tried and tested way of making them, and there is always one visiting aunt who insists that one lime leaf or lentil or coriander instead of cumin makes all the difference. And so the versions grow.

Read the rest : http://desiknitter.com/2008/06/gunpowder/

Originally posted by: Chamaila-Kutrea

But it really tastes weird.😕

Originally posted by: raj-avin

I am a malayali and we call it 'chammanthi podi' synonym for chutney powder.Its spicy and nice accompaniment to idli and dosa. we mix powder with oil and serve.😊

Originally posted by: -allizwell-

Of course not dear... molagapodi tastes really good...if made in proper proportion... with urad daal, chana daal, white sesame seeds, hing and red chillies...while serving the best oil for mixing it is til oil...😊... it is also coated on the idlies and when eaten after sometime, this mix is absorbed by the idlies and they taste just amazing...! Again in restuarants, we get podi dosas...( which is just a coating on the uthappams kind of dosas...!)

Reg gunpowder... it is usually just chilli flakes... !

In marathi, the same thing is made as ghaati chutney... which is a combo of garlic and red chillies/powder... it is awesome and in mumbai, we get this chutney in vada paavs...😃

R u from south. Allizwell