Sambar Powder

This home-made sambar powder gives a better taste than commercial sambar powder.

Ingredients:
Dry Chilli (Red) - 300 gm
Coriander Seeds (Dhania) - 200 gm
Tuar Dal - 1 cup
Chana Dal - 1/2 cup
Urad Dal (white) - 1/4 cup
Fenugreek (Methi) - 1/4 cup
Cumin Seeds (Jeera) - 1 tsp
Pepper - 1 tsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - 2 cup of leaves

Method :
Roast each of the ingredients separately. Roast lightly and do NOT let any ingredient change colour.

Grind the following ingredients separately (1)coriander seeds, (2)dry chilli and (3)curry leaves and set them aside.

Grind the rest of the ingredients together.

Mix all the ground ingredients in a bowl and then grind them to a fine powder. (The two stage grinding is because different ingredients have different grinding times. Eg : The coriander seeds get ground very quickly whereas the cereals take time to become powdered).

The sambar powder is ready.

Two teaspoons of this sambar powder will give enough sambar to serve two persons.