Sambar Powder

Ingredients

Red Chilli – 1/2Kg

Corriander seeds – 1Kg

Turmeric – 20gm

Cumin/Jeera seeds – 100gm

Fenugreek /Vendhayam – 100gm

Bengal Gram/Kadalai paruppu – 100gm

Thoordal/Thuvaram Paruppu – 100 gm

Pepper – 100 gms

Raw rice – handful

Preparation

First keep the store purchased Red chilli and Corriander under hot sun so that the chillness in that goes off.  Check it by splitting the red chilli. If it breaks out with little sound easily then it is ready for grinding. If you sun dry these ingredients it will give fine powder.

Then dry roast Seeragam,Vendhayam, Kadalai paruppu, Thoor dhal , Pepper, And Raw rice separately.

Mix it with Red chilli and coriander seeds and leave it under sun light for some time.

Now grind it in a flour mill or using Mixer grinder.

Cool it for some time and then sieve it.

Store it an air tight container box.

Here goes home made sambar powder for our daily use.