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sambar powder recipe

Sambar Powder Recipe

Course Side Dish
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Author Priya Shiva

Ingredients

  • 15 Dried Red Chilli
  • 1/2 cup Coriander Seeds
  • 2 tbsp Chana dal/split bengal gram
  • 2 tbsp Toor dal/yellow lentil
  • 1 tsp Jeera/cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp Pepper Corn
  • 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 1/8 tsp Asafoetida
  • 1/2 tsp Sesame Oil

Instructions

  1. Heat a frying pan with sesame oil.

  2. Add red chillies, cumin seeds and pepper corn and roast on low flame. Transfer it on a plate.

  3. Now roast chana dal and toor dal on low flame till it starts turning brown. Transfer on plate.

  4. Now roast coriander seeds and low flame till it turns brownish color.

  5. Add tureric powder and asafoetida and all roasted inegredients and quickly stir it for few seconds.

  6. Spread it on a plate and let it cool down.

  7. Grind it coarsely and store in an air tight container.

Recipe Notes

  • I like to make small batch of sambar podi. You can easily double the ingredients and make a larger batch. 
  • Please use dry spoon to store it for a longer time.
  • Use kashmiri red chillies for adding more color to your podi.