Thalimpu Podi or Andhra Style Spice Powder for Vegetable Stir Fry, is a simple and easy to make spice powder for all Vegetables. This is very useful during Festival cooking when you are making multiple vegetable stir fries and you have limited time to cook the whole meal.
For festival meals, when we make four to five different vegetable stir fries, we make this Talimpu Powder or Vepudu Karam. Amma has this tradition of making four to five vegetable stir fries along with other dishes. These traditions are followed for festivals like Ugadi, Shanivaralu Panduga etc.
So make this Spice podi for spicing all the vegetables makes the cooking easy. This Vepudu Karam or Talimpu Podi, can be stored for at least two months when refrigerated. We can call this as Talimpu pudi or sabji masala as well.
For festival cooking, we make it first thing before starting with the vegetables.
Ingredients
We will be using whole spices to make this spice podi.
Coriander Seeds - Whole Coriander Seeds are used to make this podi that surely adds a wonderful flavour to the powder
Cumin Seeds - Along with Coriander Seeds, whole cumin are roasted and the two whole spices makes this powder very delicious
Dried Red Chilies - Spice is given by adding dried red chilies
Roasted Peanuts - Another ingredient that adds to the taste is the addition of roasted peanuts.
See recipe card for quantities.
Instructions
If you are using raw peanuts, roast them in a dry hot pan until the nuts are roasted.
Remove and allow to cool down. You can roughly remove the skin. Store in an airtight container.
For the Spice powder
Heat a nonstick pan, and add coriander seeds and cumin seeds.
Saute until aromatic. Simmer and add the dried red chilies.
If using roasted peanuts, you can add them once the red chilies turn crisp.
Take all the ingredients in a mixer jar, and pulse it a couple of times.
Mix it well and again grind to an almost coarse powder.
Transfer to an airtight container until used.
Substitutions & Variations
We can use fresh coconut as well. However, we have to make sure to dry the podi well if we want to store it for a longer time.
Equipment
We will need a mixer grinder and a pan to make the spice powder
Storage
This spice powder can be ground ahead if you are using it for regular cooking.
Recipe
Thalimpu Podi | How To Make Andhra Style Spice Powder For Vegetable
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon Coriander Seeds
- 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
- 10 Dried Red Chilies
- 1/2 cup Roasted Peanuts approx 100 gms
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- If you are using raw peanuts, roast them in a dry hot pan until the nuts are roasted.
- Remove and allow to cool down. You can roughly remove the skin. Store in an airtight container.
For the Spice powder
- Heat a nonstick pan, and add coriander seeds and cumin seeds.
- Saute until aromatic. Simmer and add the dried red chilies.
- If using roasted peanuts, you can add them once the red chilies turn crisp.
- Take all the ingredients in a mixer jar, and pulse it a couple of times.
- Mix it well and again grind to an almost coarse powder.
- Transfer to an airtight container until used.
Notes
Nutrition
Rajani says
I love this podi, I have to make a small batch to try this. Since we usually don’t add peanuts to vegetables, it will be a nice change too!