Sambar Powder

Makes a kg of sambar powder. Can be powdered using a blender.

Ingredients:

1 cup = 200 gms

Coriander seeds - 3 cups
Toordal/lentils - 1 cup
Channa dal-3/4 cup
Urad dal - 2 tbsp
Cumin - 1 tsp
Fenugreek-1/2 tsp
Peppercorns-10
Dry red chillies - 20
(or) Chillypowder -4 tbsp
Asafoetida- 2 tsp

Procedure:

Dry roast all the ingredients separately. All dals can be roasted together. No need to heat chilly powder or asafoetida. Once all the ingredients are roasted light brown,make them into fine powder using a blender/mixer. Coriander can be reduced to 2 cups if not favoured.

All purpose powder

This powder will be very useful for many quick recipes.

Ingredients:
Channa dal - 4 tbsp
Urad dal-4 tbsp
Coriander seeds- 1 tbsp
Red chillies-8
Fenugreek-1/2 tsp
Hing-for taste


Method:

Dry roast and powder all the ingredients. This can be used for any recipe like vathal kuzhambu, pulikachal, puli kuzhambu,bisibele bath.

1.Dry roast and add peppercorns,a little bit coconut (optional) and curry leaves for vathal kuzhambu along with this powder.
2. Dry roast and add ground nut & sesame seeds if it is pulikachal/puliyodhari
3.It can be directly added for puli kuzhambu.
4. For bisibele bath add a liitle bit of dried and powdered coconut to this powder.