Tamil brahmin sambar powder recipe
Tamilnadu brahmin style sambar powder recipe for making lunch sambar.
Servings: 1.5 kg
Ingredients
1 cup = 240ml
- ¾ kg Coriander seeds / Dhania
- ¼ kg Red chilli
- 200 gms Toor dal, Urad dal, Chana dal (Each 200 gms)
- 50 gms Pepper
- 50 gms Cumin seeds / Jeera
- 1.5 tbsp Methi / Fenugreek seeds
- 100 gms Turmeric sticks / Virali manjal
Instructions
- Take all the ingredients mentioned for sambar powder.
- Spread in a wide plate and dry them under the sun for 3 to 4 hours.
- Instead you can dry roast all the ingredients one by one for few minutes without burning them.
- Let it cool. Grind in a rice flour mill to a smooth powder.
- After grinding spread the sambar powder in a clean sheet. Let it cool down.
- Then transfer to an air tight box.
- Take the quantity required for 15 days and store in a box separately.
- Use clean spoon to handle and store for months. Enjoy !
Notes
- You should either sun dry the ingredients or dry roast in a kadai without burning the ingredients.
- Its always better to store the sambar powder in two containers. Bulk quantity in one and smaller portion of it in another container. This helps to retain the flavor of sambar powder for long time.