Recipe for homemade sambar powder

Name: Recipe for homemade sambar powder
Prep time: 5m
Cook time: 10m
Yield: 4
Cuisine: South Indian

This spice blend is a fixture in South Indian households, and with good reason - a handy stash of this makes whipping up tangy, vegetable-filled sambar or lentil stew a breeze

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Cuisine:South Indian

Cook time:10m

Prep time:5m

Servings:4

Ingredients

Oil for cooking

450 gms red chillis

15-20 dried curry leaves (optional)

450 gms coriander seeds

100 gms cumin seeds

50 gms mustard seeds

25 gms fenugreek seeds (methi)

25 gms black peppercorns

50 gms chana daal (chick pea lentils)

50 gms toovar daal (yellow lentils)

25 gms urad daal (black gram lentils)

100 gms turmeric powder

50 gms sesame seeds

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Ingredient Substitution Guide

1. Heat a little oil in a heavy-based pan or griddle (tawa) and fry the chillis.

2. Remove from the pan and add a little more oil and fry the curry leaves until crisp. Remove and set aside.

3. Wipe the pan and dry-fry all the other ingredients until crisp. Grind all the ingredients in a coffee grinder or with a mortar and pestle. Sieve and store in an airtight container.

Image courtesy: Sambar powder

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