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Flax seed podi recipe | Flax seeds chutney powder recipe

By swasthi , on October 13, 2019, 36 Comments, Jump to Recipe

Flax seeds podi or flax seeds chutney powder or spice powder. Flax seeds are considered to be one of the top health foods in the market today. These are called as avisa ginjalu in telugu, Agase in kannada , Jawas in marathi, and Alsi in hindi. These seeds are high in omega 3 fatty acids, fiber, alpha-linolenic acid and lignans.

flax seeds podi recipe, spice powder

They are said to protect human body from cancer and heart disease, reduce cholesterol and helps to manage type 2 diabetes and also in weight loss.

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To get the optimum health benefits from flax seeds they must be ground or powdered and then used.

cleaned flax seeds to make chutney powder

There are many ways to include flax seeds in our diet. Here are some of the ideas you may like which are tried and tested by me. Here goes my personal opinion.

Flax seeds are best to be used in dry preparations as they tend to turn sticky when added to any kind of foods with moisture. But there are a lot of people who use them for smoothies & bakes which didn’t go well for our taste buds.

How to use flax seeds in your diet

1. Add the powdered flax seeds to chapathi flour or mutli grain flour to make multi grain roti. You can also add to any of your paratha variety.

2. Make a spice powder like this vepudu karam. Just sprinkle over your every day stir fry curries or sabzi.

3. Add it to your Indian buttermilk or lassi, a common and easy way consumed in many households.

4. This the most loved way of consuming flax seed at home by making this spice powder for our breakfasts to serve with idli, upma, khichdi, dalia, vermicelli, poha etc.

To make this flax seeds chutney powder, i use peanuts, roasted gram, cumin and garlic. Many do not like the sticky taste and feel of the flax seeds, but they can hardly be felt in this podi, since peanuts dominate the taste of flax seeds. This can be served even to kids, along with idli, dosa or upma.

If you do not prepare Indian breakfasts, then you can serve this with rice and few drops of ghee or just sprinkle over your vegetable stir fry dishes.

If you are looking for more Indian spice powders, check
peanut podi
spice powder for vegetable stir fry 
Rasam powder
biryani masala powder
punjabi garam masala powder
simple garam masala powder
pav bhaji masala powder

Flax seeds podi or flax seeds chutney powder

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flax seeds podi recipe

Flax seed podi

Spice powder made with flax seeds and peanuts to accompany South Indian breakfast or can be sprinkled over vegetable stir fry dishes
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For best results follow the step-by-step photos above the recipe card

Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Servings30
AuthorSwasthi

Ingredients (US cup = 240ml )

  • 1 cup peanuts (substitute with fried gram, roasted gram)
  • ¼ cup roasted gram (fried gram)
  • ½ cup flax seeds (avisa ginjalu)
  • 6 to 10 red chilies broken.
  • ½ tsp. cumin
  • 4 to 5 pods garlic
  • Salt as needed
  • 1 tbsp Oil as needed
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Instructions

How to make flax seeds podi

  • Heat a heavy bottom pan and dry roast flax seeds lightly for about 4 to 5 mins on a medium flame. You can also skip this step. Transfer these to a plate to cool.
  • To the same pan, add peanuts, roast till you get a nice aroma & golden. Switch off the stove.
  • Next to the same hot pan, add roasted gram, garlic, and cumin. Toss till all of these heat up well. Keep these aside to cool.
  • Add 1 tbsp. oil to the same pan. Fry broken red chilies till crispy without burning. Keep stirring often to fry them evenly.
  • Next add cooled red chilies to a blender jar and make a fine powder.
  • Add garlic, roasted gram, cumin, peanuts and flax seeds along with salt.
  • Blend to a powder. Alternately, flax seeds can be powdered first along with red chilies and then the rest of the ingredients can be ground with them.
  • Store flax seeds podi in a airtight glass jar. Keeps good for about a month.
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Notes

You can also skip peanuts completely and reduce the chilies and garlic. 

Alternative quantities provided in the recipe card are for 1x only, original recipe.

For best results follow my detailed step-by-step photo instructions and tips above the recipe card.

NUTRITION INFO (estimation only)

Nutrition Facts
Flax seed podi
Amount Per Serving
Calories 50 Calories from Fat 36
% Daily Value*
Fat 4g6%
Sodium 2mg0%
Potassium 68mg2%
Carbohydrates 2g1%
Fiber 1g4%
Protein 2g4%
Calcium 14mg1%
Iron 0.5mg3%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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How to make flax seeds chutney podi

1. Dry roast flax seeds lightly for 4 to 5 mins on a medium flame. Set aside to a plate to cool. I had these roasted a day before I made the podi, so don’t have a picture.

2. In the same pan, dry roast peanuts till golden & aromatic. Take care not to burn them. If you do not want to use peanuts, you can simply substitute the same amount of fried gram (roasted gram).

3. Off the stove, to the hot pan, add fried gram (roasted gram), cumin and garlic, mix for them to heat up. Set aside to cool. Transfer everything to a wide plate to cool

4. Add oil to the same pan. On a low flame, fry broken red chilies till crispy.

steps on making flax seeds chutney powder

5. Once cool, add red chilies to a podi jar and powder it.

6. Add peanuts, cumin, garlic, roasted gram and then the flax seeds along with salt

7. Powder them. Do not blend till the podi turns hot, it will begin to ooze out oil and turns lumpy. If your mixer is not very powerful, then powder the flax seeds first to fine powder and then add the peanuts and the rest of the ingredients.

Store flax seeds podi in an air tight glass jar and refrigerate. Flax seeds powder keeps best if refrigerated

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Jyo
January 29, 2021 9:37 am

Thank you for this yummy recipe. I’ve a doubt. Can we add only the flaxseeds powder in thalimpu for every curry? Thanks.

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swasthi
Reply to  Jyo
February 1, 2021 2:43 am

Welcome Jyo
do you mean only flaxseeds powder? I am not sure about that. But this powder can be used to sprinkle over any stir fry/ vepudu dishes. Add it towards the end and don’t fry anymore.

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Himabindu
November 21, 2020 2:16 pm

Hi Swasthi gaaru,
I am huge fan of your blog.
I love all of your recipes and I tried most of them. They came out really well…
Thank you,
Bindu

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swasthi
Reply to  Himabindu
November 23, 2020 4:21 am

Hi Himabindu garu
You are welcome! So glad to know! Thank you so much for leaving a comment.
🙂

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C N rao
July 20, 2020 7:27 pm

Madam, Instead of peanuts what can be added?

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swasthi
Reply to  C N rao
July 21, 2020 12:14 am

Hi,
You can replace with the same amount of roasted gram.

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Sneha Anand
October 2, 2019 1:54 pm

Brilliant recipe.. Tried it and came out beautifully

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swasthi
Reply to  Sneha Anand
October 2, 2019 2:48 pm

Thanks Sneha

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Himabindu
Reply to  Sneha Anand
November 21, 2020 2:17 pm

Hi Swasthi gaaru,
I am huge fan of your blog.
I love all of your recipes and I tried most of them. They came out really well…
Thank you,
Bindu

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Bharti
June 10, 2019 4:56 am

5 stars
Superb!

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swasthi
Reply to  Bharti
June 12, 2019 10:19 am

Thanks Bharti

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Pushpa joshi
April 19, 2019 1:54 am

Some one gave me a big bottle of flax seed powder. Usually we roast the seeds and then grind them into powder. Can I roast the powder the same way with a little oil and then make podi?

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swasthi
Reply to  Pushpa joshi
April 19, 2019 5:15 am

Hi Pushpa
Yes it should work like you said.

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vatsala abhilash
November 30, 2018 10:00 am

5 stars
how long we can keep this flax seeds podi …..

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swasthi
Reply to  vatsala abhilash
November 30, 2018 10:07 am

Hi Vatsala
I usually use up with in 10 days if i don’t refrigerate. It keeps good for about 1 to 2 months if refrigerated.

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Shanthini Rajkumar
November 6, 2017 8:12 am

5 stars
We make flax seed podi but will also use in the rotis next. Thanks for the tip

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swasthi
Reply to  Shanthini Rajkumar
November 6, 2017 8:13 am

Welcome Shanthini

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Chef Jaison
Reply to  swasthi
March 12, 2020 6:15 am

Flax seeds boiling is not a good option. It will turn totally sticky.

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vaishnavi k
Reply to  Chef Jaison
October 1, 2020 6:31 am

hi all Flax seed Gel can be used as hair conditioner u can search videos in youtube

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June Shenoy
November 1, 2017 2:00 am

5 stars
Hi Swasthi,
The flaxseeds you have shown are white in color the ones I bought are brown .Is it the same thing?
Looking forward to your reply
Thanks
June

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swasthi
Reply to  June Shenoy
November 1, 2017 3:08 am

Hi June
Yes they are the same ones, brown in color. It’s due to harsh sunlight they look light in color in the picture.

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preethi
October 15, 2017 4:03 pm

5 stars
hey hi,

i prepared this podi, it came out well, thanks for the recipe,one issue is i have added more salt by mistake,its too salty now,let me know what to do in order to reduce the salt. thankyou.

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swasthi
Reply to  preethi
October 23, 2017 3:40 am

Hi Preethi
You can make another batch without salt. Just mix that with the previous salty batch

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Rushi shinde
November 13, 2016 5:10 am

5 stars
Healthy

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swasthi
Reply to  Rushi shinde
November 15, 2016 2:03 am

thanks

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M.AHALYA DEVI
January 11, 2016 6:16 am

VERY TASTY FLAX SEEDS PODI.THANKS

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Ganavi
December 9, 2015 3:28 pm

4 stars
Thanks for the tasty flaxseed podi recipe.. i was in search of some recipe where i can add flaxseed make my husband eat it without asking what is it.. 🙂

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swasthi
Reply to  Ganavi
December 9, 2015 3:33 pm

WELCOME Ganavi

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hemamalini
August 31, 2015 12:52 pm

i want to know where we get flax seeds ,?and i want to know whether we can boil the flax seeds and make sundal and eat it?

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swasthi
Reply to  hemamalini
August 31, 2015 1:07 pm

Hi Hema,
they will be available in health stores or super markets. It is not good to eat too much of flax seeds, there is a daily limit to the consumption of flax seeds, you can google and read. If eaten in high quantity they become toxic to us. They turn sticky as soon as they come in contact with water. So boiling them may not be a good idea, they can be used in ladoos, podi, curry powder, stir fry powder etc. hope this helps

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Chef Jaison
Reply to  hemamalini
March 12, 2020 6:05 am

Flax seeds boiling is not a good option. It will turn totally sticky.

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Ana
March 5, 2015 4:24 pm

5 stars
Thnx for the tastier option of flax seeds.

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swasthi
Reply to  Ana
March 6, 2015 2:04 am

welcome

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Maya
Reply to  Ana
April 1, 2019 5:37 pm

3 stars
It is Marathi not Marati. That is the spelling throughout India. Please correct it. Thank you.

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swasthi
Reply to  Maya
April 19, 2019 5:18 am

Hi Maya
It was a typo. I corrected it. Thanks for the mention.

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veenashankar
August 10, 2014 10:50 am

healthy and tasty podi

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