Sambhar Powder

Sambhar Powder:
Sambhar is a south Indian vegetarian dish. This is a common dish from south part of India. But this may vary from region to region. The important part of making sambhar is the sambhar powder.

Ingredients

Coriander seeds ----5 Tbs
Red chillies whole ----8
Rice ----1 tsp
Toor dhal ----1 tsp
Bengal gram dhal ----1Tsp
Cumin seeds ----1 Tsp
Fenugreek seeds ----1/2 tsp
Turmeric ----1 tsp
Pepper corns ----1/2 tsp
Mustered seeds ----1/2 tsp
Hing/asafoetida powder ----1/4 tsp
Salt to Taste

Method:
Put the pan on medium low heat

Add coriander seeds,red chillies,Rice,Toor dhal,Bengal gram dhal,cumin seeds,Fenugreek seeds,Pepper corns and Mustered seeds.

dry roast all the above ingredients in slow flame.

Note:Don’t burn the ingredients ,if you burn/over cook the ingredients this powder become bitter taste. It may take 9 to 10 minutes to roast.

Once you roast all the ingredients properly then switch off the flame

Immediately add asafoetida ,turmeric and salt.

Now cool this mixture sometime.

Put this mixture in to blender then make a fine powder.

Store this powder into a airtight container.

Note:You could also use this powder for Bisibelebath and Gutti vankaya.