Tamil Spice Mix (Milagai Podi)

Milagai podi is a mixture of crushed spices used as a condiment in Tamil cuisine. The mixture can be used dry or mixed with ghee or oil. It's great served with hot idlis or dosais.

Ingredients

• 2 spoons red chile powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch ground turmeric
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 3 spoons ghee, melted

Steps

1. Mix all ingredients
2. Let sit 3 minutes.

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Adapted from “Tamil Spice Mix (Milagai Podi)” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.