Vegetable Spice Mix/ Palyada Pudi is one of the essentials in any South Indian kitchen. It is versatile to use, may be used in simple stir fry to dals cooked with green leaf.
Palya is the kannada word for stir fry. Pudi is dry condiment which we normally use. Thus it is a vegetable spice mix.Â
The ingredients needed are simple and easily found in the kitchen. South Indian cooking revolves around these spice mix, most households keep them ready to use.Today, I am sharing a vegetable spice mix. It is usually added to vegetables as cucumber and brinjal. It is also used as filling in stuffed vegetables.
The ingredients used here are :
Coriander seeds: Make use of fresh ones. Be careful while you roast them, do not burn them.
Curry leaves– Wash them and pat dry them. There is should be no moisture in it.
Bengal gram– It is one of the essentials in south indian cooking. It gives a good taste and texture to the stir fry.
Urad dal– It is another essential ingredient. To make it quicker, roast bengal gram for a few seconds, later tip in the urad dal.
Dessiccated coconut – We cannot cook without coconut. It is used in most of the dishes in some or the other form. Grated or finely cut? It is a personal choice, but ensure you roast them well.
Red Chilli– Dry red chilli or chilli powder may be used. I prefer using these dry red chilli.
South Indian Vegetable Spice Mix | Palyada PudiÂ
Ingredients:
- 3 cup coriander seed
- 1 cup curry leaves
- 1 cup urad dal
- 1 cup bengal gram
- 1 cup desiccated coconut
- 15 red chilli
- oil      Â
Method:
- In a thick bottom pan,roast the coconut. It should be golden brown in colour.
- In the same pan, add a teaspoon of oil and roast the coriander seed along with curry leaves. Keep tossing them, the tiny seeds get easily burnt.
- Now you need yo roast the lentils. Add a little oil and roast bengal gram. Once it is slightly done, put the urad dal in it. Roast both of them together.
- Finally, roast the chillies with a little oil.
- Once, all the ingredients are at room temperature, grind them. At first, grind the lentils, then add red chilly to it. Finally, add coconut and coriander seed to it and give a pulse.
- Vegetable Spice mix is now ready to use.Store it in a dry, air tight container.
south indian vegetable spice mix
Vegetable Spice Mix | Palyada Pudi
Ingredients
Method
- In a thick bottom pan,roast the coconut. It should be golden brown in colour.
- In the same pan, add a teaspoon of oil and roast the coriander seed along with curry leaves. Keep tossing them, the tiny seeds get easily burnt.
- Now you need yo roast the lentils. Add a little oil and roast bengal gram. Once it is slightly done, put the urad dal in it. Roast both of them together.
- Finally, roast the chillies with a little oil.
- Once, all the ingredients are at room temperature, grind them. At first, grind the lentils, then add red chilly to it. Finally, add coconut and coriander seed to it and give a pulse.
- Vegetable Spice mix is now ready to use.
Notes
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South Indian Vegetable Spice Mix
Thanks for such a handy spice mix recipe.. I was looking for a simple homemade spice mix recipe in South Indian style and this one is perfect.. will love to make and use in stir frys and curries.
Thankyou Swati. Glad you liked it.
I have this mix always handy and your proportions sound perfect. Love this masala!
Adding dessicated coconut in palya podi is a nice idea . It will give the curry a nice coconut flavor if we don’t get fresh coconut. I will deftly add this next time
Thank you Priya. We use dessicated coconut for most of the podis.
Thank you Radha. It is handy to use and flavoursome.
South Indian Vegetable Spice Mix sounds so flavorful and easy to make
Thanks for such a handy masala powder here …….
I must say this is a simple spice mix which we can keep ready and use it in daily curries. This saves time and makes things easy.
Yes Amrita. It is flavoursome too.
A simple spice mixture but with such flavourful ingredients. I really should make this spice mixture to add to all my sabjis and curries. Best part, saves time. Homemade spice mixtures definitely are the best.
Thank you Mayuri Patel. Do make it.
Palyada Pudi is so simple yet bursting with flavors. Even I add desiccated coconut. It makes the pudi even more tasty. A must have pudi in our pantry . Very Handy recipe Jayashree.
Thank you Preethi. Good to know that.
South Indian Vegetable Spice Mix sounds so flavorful and easy to make
Thanks for such a handy masala powder here …….
I just made some palyada pudi. It smells so good. I cant wait to test it out on some beans carrot palya.
Thank you Seema for trying and let me know.
Jayashree, you reminding me of my mom’s standard masala. She too made this delicious south indian vegetable spice mix. The taste of vegetables used to be awesome! Thanks for the recipe will make it.
Thank you Archana. We hail from the same region.
A flavorful masala mix with all the simple and handy ingredients. Everything is easily available in every pantry. Loved it. Can’t wait to try.
Thank you Sujata, hope you like it.
This Sourh Indian Vegetable Spice mix sounds so aromatic and flavorful ! I would definitely give it a try as the recipe sounds very simple and easy to follow.
Jayashree, Palayada Pudi sounds like a flavorful and versatile spice mix. It’s new to me. Would love to make it soon. Have you used fresh coconut here? Also do you need to refrigerate it?
Glad you liked it Preeti. No, I have not used fresh coconut. There is no need of refrigeration. It stays good for a couple of months. Thank you, hope you will like it.
This Sourh Indian Vegetable Spice mix sounds so aromatic and flavorful ! I would definitely give it a try as the recipe sounds very simple and easy to follow.
This Sourh Indian Vegetable Spice mix sounds so aromatic and flavorful ! I would definitely give it a try as the recipe sounds very simple and easy to follow.