Description
Chennakunni is a dried baby shrimps, can get them from fish market in India and also can find easily in chinese stores, my grandma used to do idli podi with this shrimps, n it will taste awesome..can store them for more than 2 months, will be very excellent with hot idlies…These shrimps r known as krill… Check it out..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krill…
Chennagunni eral podi/ Chennakunni idli milagai podi/ Chennagunni podi/ Eral idli Podi
| Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | Chennakunni(dried baby shrimps) |
| ½ cup | Urad dal |
| ¼ cup | Channa dal |
| ¾ cup | Roasted gram(pottukadalai) |
| 1 T | Peppercorns |
| ½ T | Cuminseeds |
| 10 nos | Red chillis(can increase r decrease) |
| 20 nos | Curry leaves |
| 1 tsp | Asafoetida powder |
| Salt as per taste | |
| 1 tsp | Oil |
Instructions
U can find these baby dried shrimps in frozen section in chinese store..defrost 1 cup of baby shrimps for a while..heat a pan n add these baby shrimps n dry roast them until they turns slight brownish..mostly these shrimps r already cleaned ..in case if u get them in India clean them well dont use water to clean them..
Keep aside the roasted dried baby shrimps n let them cool..now heat the oil in the same pan n fry urad dal, channa dal, roasted gram, peppercorns, cumin seeds, curry leaves, redchillies one by one..once everything is well roasted add everything in the same pan n add the asafoetida powder n fry for a while , now put off the stove…keep aside n let them cool.. take the food processor n add the roasted dals n roasted shrimps n grind them coarsely with salt as per taste..Conserve them in an air tightened bottle.
Chennakunni(dried baby shrimps)Idli Podi is ready..Serve them with hot idlis n gingelly oil..can also have them with hot idlis without oil..
Really this idli podi will taste awesome..
Comments
17 responses to “Chennakunni(dried baby shrimps)Idli Podi”
I like this receipe
Priya, made it & had with hot idlis…..it was sooooooooooooo yummy…thank u Priya.
Thanks kavi for ur feedback…
Priya, hats off!! luv this dish, time to hunt for dried shrimps.. chinese roundup probably this week. Thanks for sharing.
My pleasure Mullai..glad to know tat u love this dish, mines too..with hot idlis semaiya irrukum..
Nice one priya…will try if i get this here..
Try pannunga kavi u will surely like it..
priya dried shrimp vaagiten…will make podi and give u feedback.
Oh Kavi…waiting for ur feedback..
priya differenta irruku, one doubt, prawn raw smell varumma.
thanks for sharing
regards
dana
Hi dhana thanks…no dana , as we r dry roasting the shrimps they wont have raw smell..
Super arthi adhuvum nalla peru dhan…hehehe..lol…
Divya Mubarak
Divya.. First Tofu Priyanu veikalamnu irundahen.. aana indha recipeyah partha udaney Prawn Priyanu vechitaen.. Divi nama oru forum arambichi adhulla priyaku enna per vaikalamnu decide panuvom…lol…Enna solringa
Hi Arthi…thanks for keeping me such a superb name..am a great fans of seafood so santhosham than but forum pottu ellam per vaika poringala..oh god venam ma venam..naan paavam..
Arthi
Priya.. unga nameku munnadi Prawns add panikonga.. Inimale ungaluku ennoru name..Prawn Priya..
Yenna ippidiyum idli podi irruka????wow…nice priya….sea food special priya…lol…
Divya Mubarak
Haha nenachen divya inna innum peru vaikalaye'nu..hehe aama divya irruke seafoodla idli podi..