Podi dosa (Gun powder crepe)

Podi dosa is a thin crispy crepe smeared with idli/dosa chutney powder and fried onions. Podi in Tamil language means powder. Podi dosa is made of milaga podi, which is nothing but idli/dosa chutney powder. Idli/dosa chutney powder is usually mixed with sesame oil or clarified butter and in the process it loses some of its pungency. Hence it is deliberately made with good quantities of chillies to retain that heat.  For this reason it is also known as South Indian gun powder.

Ingredients for Idli/Dosa podi

Black gram (urad dal) -1cup
Split chick pea (channa dal) -1/2cup
Red chillies -1/2 cup
Asafoetida powder -1tsp
Coriander seeds -1tsp
Horse gram -3tblsps (optional)

Dry toast all the ingredients separately. Combine everything and grind to a smooth powder. Add salt to taste. Store it an air tight jar.
This powder can be used for dosa, idli and for making stir fried vegetables.

Podi dosa

Dosa batter -1 cup
Idli/dosa podi -2tsps
Shallots -few (finely chopped)
Chopped coriander leaves -1tsp
Sesame oil - as required

Method:
Fry the shallots with one teaspoon of oil. When it turns brown, remove from heat and mix the idli/dosa podi and coriander leaves. Keep it aside.
Heat a griddle and pour one ladle of the batter and spread it round to make a thin crepe. Drizzle some oil on top and cook. When it starts lifting from the edges, smear the dosa podi mixture and serve hot.

Note:
Using clarified butter to fry the shallots will give a rich flavour to the dosa.