Sambhar Karam

Sambhar Karam:

It is a type of curry powder. Generally we could use this powder in all curries. Usually, in Andhra this powder will be prepared once in a year.

Ingredients:

Red chillies 1 kg
Coriander seeds 250 gm
Garlic 250 gm
cumin seeds 150gm
Fenugreek seeds 50 gm
Salt 150 gm
Curry leaves 100 gm
Turmaric Root 50 gm

Method:

Put the pan on medium heat, then slightly dry roast the red chillies and keep it aside.

Dry roast the turmaric root ,Fenugreek seeds,coriander seeds, cumin seeds and curry leaves.

Then make the fine powder of the above ingredients and add salt .

Crush the garlic pods and add to the above mixture.

Then store it in a air tight container.

Traditionally this powder is stored in a mud pot that covered with a cloth to retain the color and freshness for a long time.

Senaga Podi

Senaga Podi:

Fried gram dal/Putnala pappulu/ endu senaga pappu/chutney pappu ----------- 1 cup

Cumin seeds ----------- 1 Tsp

Coriander seeds ----------- 1 Tsp

Dry coconut -----------1/4 cup

Red chillies -----------10

Asafoetida/hing -----------1/2 Tsp(optional)

Curry leaves -----------3 springs

Garlic -----------10 pods

salt to taste

Method

Put the pan on medium low heat

dry roast Red chillies,cumin seeds,coriander seeds,dry coconut and curry leaves .

Tranfer these ingredients to blender then add Fried gram dal,hing,garlic pods and salt.

Grind them to a fine powder.

store it in a airtight container.

Serve this powder(Senaga podi) with Hot rice and Ghee.It tastes heavenly.

Note: You could also use this powder for any type of Beans Fry.

Kobbari Karam

Kobbari Karam

This is a spicy chilli powder.It is also called as chinnulli paya karam .You could use this powder for any fried curries like potato fry,bitter gaurd fry,yam(sweet potato),chama gadda (Arbi),spinatch fry,Amaranth leaves fry ,tindora fry,bendakaya fry(ladies finger),carrot fry,beet root fry,cabbage fry,califlower fry,Beans fry,egg plant(brinjal) fry .....etc to get nice taste.you could also serve this kobbari karam for Garelu(medu vada),punugulu(bonda/puli bongaraalu),Idli,Dosa,pesarattu,Ravva dosa,uthappam,upma....etc.
It is a great accompaniment with ghee and mudda pappu for Plain Rice.It tastes heavenly.


Ingredients:

Red chilli powder -3 cups (for better result you could is bright red color chilli powder)
Dry coconut -1 cup
Garlic -1 cup
Salt -1/2cup


Method:

Add dry coconut,garlic and salt to blender to make a corse paste.
Note:Make sure the blender/mixi jar and your hands are dry.
Don't add water while you blend this mixture.
Water/moisture is the enemy for this preparation.
Then tranfer this mixture in to a bowl.
Add red chilli powder to this mixture .
Then mix it well with woden spoon/spatula.
Store it in a air tight container.
You may make larger quantities for long time usage.
If you want to retain the color and freshness for long time (like 2 years) put it into ziplock bags then store it in freezer.

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.