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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Sambar powder - Homemade sambar powder recipe - How to make sambar powder at home

Making sambar powder at home is pretty simple...Here goes the easy to make recipe...

Ingredients:

Split bengal gram: 75 grams

Split black gram: 50 grams

Coriander seeds: 100 grams

Fenugreek seeds:25 grams(methi)

Dry red chillies: 15 to 20

Asafoetida: 5 grams

Oil:2 to 3 tbsp

Preparation:

Heat a non stick pan and add a little oil and fry the coriander seeds,fenugreek seeds and pulses seperately till light brown and the spices release their aroma..

Remove from the pan and immediately place on grease absorbent paper...

Now add a little more oil in the pan...

Fry the red chillies and asafoetida seperately for about 1 to 2 minutes...

Transfer on to a grease absorbent paper and press the spices down to remove the excess oil...

Grind in to a fine powder...

Store in an air tight container...

Use 3 to 4 tbsp of this powder or as mentioned in the recipe to make sambar..

This recipe makes approximately 240 grams of sambar powder...
 
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11 comments:

  1. Having the ready made powder helps making sambar in a jiffy.

    Vardhini
    VardhinisKitchen

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  2. அம்மாவின் கைமணம் வாசனையாக இருக்கே

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  3. very handy powder in the kitchen...

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  4. My pantry will always have this sambar powder, flavourful podi..

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  5. thats a essential in everybody's pantry so as mine..my sambhar powder has lil variant..will try out this one

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  6. I am never right in making sambar.. Should learn soon...

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  7. This is something I always wanted to know...I've been using MTR Sambhar for long but I wanna use this from now on...authentic aroma! :)

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  8. wonderful and helpful recipe ......

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  9. Looking forward to trying it, thanks for sharing!

    Following you from VoiceBoks!~Lisa
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