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.
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.
To get the optimum health benefits from flax seeds they must be ground or powdered and then used.
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
Flax seed podi
Ingredients (1 cup = 240ml )
- 1 cup peanuts
- ¼ cup roasted 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
How to make the recipe
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.
NUTRITION (estimation only)
Notes
If you are new to cooking, follow my detailed step by step photo instructions for best results.
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.
3. Off the stove, to the hot pan, add 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.
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
Sneha Anand says
Brilliant recipe.. Tried it and came out beautifully
swasthi says
Thanks Sneha
Bharti says
Superb!
swasthi says
Thanks Bharti
Pushpa joshi says
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?
swasthi says
Hi Pushpa
Yes it should work like you said.
vatsala abhilash says
how long we can keep this flax seeds podi …..
swasthi says
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.
Shanthini Rajkumar says
We make flax seed podi but will also use in the rotis next. Thanks for the tip
swasthi says
Welcome Shanthini
Chef Jaison says
Flax seeds boiling is not a good option. It will turn totally sticky.
June Shenoy says
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
swasthi says
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.
preethi says
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.
swasthi says
Hi Preethi
You can make another batch without salt. Just mix that with the previous salty batch
Rushi shinde says
Healthy
swasthi says
thanks
M.AHALYA DEVI says
VERY TASTY FLAX SEEDS PODI.THANKS
Ganavi says
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.. 🙂
swasthi says
WELCOME Ganavi
hemamalini says
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?
swasthi says
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
Chef Jaison says
Flax seeds boiling is not a good option. It will turn totally sticky.
Ana says
Thnx for the tastier option of flax seeds.
swasthi says
welcome
Maya says
It is Marathi not Marati. That is the spelling throughout India. Please correct it. Thank you.
swasthi says
Hi Maya
It was a typo. I corrected it. Thanks for the mention.
veenashankar says
healthy and tasty podi