ARATHIKAI PODI (VALAKA PODI)

Ingredients:

Plantain - 1
Tamarind - gooseberry pellet
Red chillies - 6
Turmeric - 1/2 tbsp
Bengalgram dhal - 3 to 4 tbsp
Urad dhal whole - 3 to 4 tbsp
Mustard about 1 tbsp
Oil

Cut plantain into small pieces. Heat a kadai. Put one spoon oil and cook the plantain with closed lid till the pieces become soft. Transfer to a plate and let it cool
In the same kadai, heat another spoon of oil, put red chillies, mustard. Once the mustard splutters add bengal gram dhal and urad dhal and fry till golden brown. Let this mixture also cool. You can also add the broken urad dhal. If using broken urad dhal, add the bengalgram dhal first and after a few seconds add urad dhal otherwise urad dhal will char by the time the bengal gram dhal turns golden brown. But with the whole urad dhal both bengal gram dhal and urad dhal can be added at the same time
In a mixie first grind red chillies, dhals, turmeric, tamarind and salt to a fine powder. Do not use tamarind paste otherwise it will become a paste and not powder.
Then add the plantain in the end and coarse grind. You should be able to see the pieces of plaintain in the end.
Serve with rice