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. 

Idli Milagai podi

Ingredients

Urad dal – ½ cup

Bengal gram/Kadalai parupppu – ½ cup

Red Chilli – 10 nos

Roasted ground nut – Handful

Hing powder – 2tspn

Rock salt – To taste

Preparation:-

Dry roast all the ingredients separately, including the rock salt.

Cool it. Grind it into fine powder using Mixer grinder.  

Store it in an air tight container.

Delicious Idli podi is ready for use. 

Mixed Sprouts Paruppu Podi

Ingredients -1

Black Gram              - 1/2 cup
Brown sundal           - 1/2 cup
Green Gram Dal      - 1/2 cup
Green Peas              - 1/2 cup

Soak all the above ingredients separately and make sprouts out of it. Dry all the sprouts until it completely get dry.

Ingredients - 2

Pea nut                   - 1/4 cup (Optional) will give additional flavor
Black Pepper          - 2 Tbsp
Curry leaf                - 3 strings
Red chilli                 - 4 nos. (As per taste)
Salt                         - To taste ( Use rock salt)

Dry Roast the Ingredient -1 and 2 and leave it to cool. Add all the ingredients in a mixer and grind it to powder.

Tip:-
We can use this multi sprout paruppu podi with hot Rice, Ghee/Gingely oil.
To get instant chutney add this powder with curd and  use it for Idli/Dosa.