Sambar powder

Sambar Podi

This looks like an answer to a "harried" housewife who wants to make sambar in 10 mts flat, when there is no cooked dhal ready.This powder can be stocked and sambar made:  With tamarind + tomatoes, With tamarind alone, With tomatoes alone and With or without onions.

Ingredients:  Tur dhal – 1 ½ cups, Dhaniya – ¾ cup, Gram dhal, raw rice, salt – each ¼ cup, Pepper, methi & mustard seeds – each 1 tsp, In ½ tsp oil, fry on a low fire: Red chilli powder – ¼ cup, Haldi & hing – 1 tsp each

Method: Fry lightly on a dry kadai, each of the following separately. Mix all fried ingredients & powder finrein the mixi.  Sieve with a rava sieve.  Store airtight & use.

Recipe Contributor: Chithra Viswanathan