Flaxseed paruppu podi – A healthy rice accompaniment prepared with flaxseed & toor dal. Relish it with rice with a dollop of ghee for a hearty meal.
I love to relish my rice with spice powders like paruppu podi, karuvepillai podi, thengai podi, and recently I started to experiment with spice powders with flaxseeds, and here is one. I made it more like paruppu podi with a combination of toor dal and flaxseeds.
All you need to do is dry roast the ingredients and grind it. It has a shelf life of about ten days when refrigerated. Rice and this podi with a dollop of ghee served with papad is a complete meal by itself.
Storing Flaxseeds:
Before getting into the recipe, I would like to mention the storage tips for flaxseeds. We all know that flaxseed has a high quantity of Omega-3 fatty acids, and in turn, it helps lower the LDL cholesterol levels. The same fatty acids reduce the shelf life of the flaxseed. When flax seed goes bad, it is called rancid. When their fatty acids breakdown, flax seeds become rancid. So, either store the flax seeds in the fridge or the freezer.
How do you find if a flax seed has turned into a Rancid?
Try tasting a few seeds. If it has a mild nutty flavor, then it’s okay. If it has a strong odor and bitter, it has turned rancid. The funny thing is, I started to eat flaxseed for checking its bitterness, and now I got so used to it and love eating them raw.
Now let’s see how to make this flaxseed paruppu podi. We don’t need any oil for this recipe.
How to make flaxseed paruppu podi for rice?
Ingredients: [No Oil Required]
- Flaxseed – ¼ cup
- Toor dal – ¼ cup
- Peppercorns – 1 tsp
- Red chili – 2 to 3, to taste
- Salt – 2 tsps or to taste.
Steps:
- Heat the kadai. Once it becomes hot, add the toor dal and flaxseed.
- In medium heat, dry roast for a couple of minutes. Then add the peppercorns and red chilies and dry roast till the toor dal becomes slightly brown. Don’t roast for more than 5 to 7 minutes.
- Let the mixture cool and grind them without adding any water but with salt and store it in an airtight container.
How to serve this flaxseed podi?
I usually like it with rice. Add one or two tbsps of this ground flaxseed podi to 1 cup of cooked rice. Add some ghee or gingelly oil and mix. Relish it with a side of any dry or gravy curry or with papad.
Notes:
- Add salt after grinding the powder and pulse it once after adding the salt.
- Don’t over roast the flaxseed mixture.
- Adjust the red chilies and pepper according to your taste preference. You can skip pepper and add more red chilies also.
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📖 Recipe
Flaxseed Paruppu Podi | Flaxseed Powder For Rice
Ingredients
- ¼ cup Flaxseed
- ¼ cup Toor dal
- 1 tsp Peppercorns or to taste
- 2 Dried red chilies or to taste
- 2 Salt or to taste
Instructions
- Heat the kadai or pan. Once it becomes hot, add the toor dal and flaxseed.
- In medium heat, dry roast for a couple of minutes. Then add the peppercorns and red chilies and dry roast till the toor dal becomes slightly brown. Don’t roast for more than 5 to 7 minutes.
- Let them cool and grind them without adding any water but with salt and store it in an airtight container. Serve hot with rice with chips of papad.
Notes
- Add salt after grinding the powder and pulse it once after adding the salt.
- Don’t over roast the flaxseed mixture.
- Adjust the red chilies and pepper according to your taste preference or you can skip pepper and add more red chilies also.
Nutrition
I am not a nutritionist. The nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. It varies depending upon the product types or brands.
a healthy addition to any meal
yup true. :-)
You have made the paruppu podi all the more nutritious by adding flax seeds.Good one Vidhya…
Thanks a lot PJ. :-)
Healthy way to include flax seeds in an Indian diet
Flavorful and healthy podi,yet to try my hands on flax seeds..
Wonderful idea, I love flex seed :)
Thanks Bhavana
Such an interesting way to use flax seeds. Can’t wait to try this real soon. Lovely share!
Yeah very true. Thanks a lot and please do try. Thanks :-)
I have started using flax seed in all my podis. This one is a lovely recipe !
Great Sandhya.. Thanks a lot
I try to add flax seed to any podi I make at home :) But I am yet to make toor dal podi with flaxseed
oh wow.. try this too Harini. :-)
That is a nutritious and delicious multi purpose podi.
Thanks Pavani.
I have this flax seed paruppu podi always in my pantry just love it and never forget to make them often. such a healthy paruppu podi.
Great :-) Very nice.. they are so healthy and come in handy.
I made flax seed powder once and loved. Flax seed podis are so healthy and tasty as well.
Yup very true Usha.
Adding flax seeds in podi sounds interesting.It must have tasted nice too.
Yeah.. Thanks a lot Sapana.
Always heard about the health benefits of flax seeds, but for some reason they were not a part of our kitchen. This sounds simple and yummy Vidhya, should get some soon ?
It has good amount of omega-3. Please do try FV. Happy Ugadi. :-)
wow what a super podi..and so healthy. excellent choice for the alphabet.
Thanks a lot Vaishali. :-)
A great way to incorporate flax seeds in our diet. I have prepared chutney podi with flax seeds and now I need to try the toordal podi version. :)
Chutney podi sounds interesting. Will try it out. Thanks a lot and please do try this too. :-)
Such a healthy recipe… Thanks for sharing….
Thanks a lot Bharani and you are most welcome.
Thats a healthy choice of ading flex seeds in paruppu pudi nice recipe…
Thanks Padma
Very healthy paruppu podi Srividhya, bookmarked the recipe. :)
Thanks a lot Amara. :-)
I mostly use flax seed in baking. This podi looks like a great idea. Need to try ..
Thanks Gayathri. :-)
Now I’m eager to know about that recipe.. Come on spill the beans :) Waiting for your coffee post too!
Love flaxseed podi.. I usually add garlic but this sounds nice and simple :)
Thanks GB. That one is with methi.. Will post soon. ;-) The amount garlic usage is very less in our household. Atleast amma used shallots for health reasons and garlic is only for me and appa. She doesn’t eat till date. Same with M’s household. As long as garlic is invisible both M n vaandu are fine. If not all the garlics will be in my plate. I use garlic only for some curries and biryanis.