AMMAS SAMBAR POWDER

This recipe is dedicated to my mother who made wonderful sambar powder and give to all her three daughters. Amma!!! this is for you. 

INGREDIENTS;

3 cups of red chillies(dry ones)
1 cup of coriander seeds or dhania seeds
1 fistful or about 3 tbsps of cumin seeds or jeera
1 fistful or about 3tbsps of mustard seeds or rai
1/2 fistful or 1 1/2 tbsp of pepper corns or kali mirch
1/2 fistful or 1 1/2 tbspsof methi seeds
1/2 cup of chana dhal
1/2 cup of toor dhal
1/4 cup of urad dhal or black gram dhal
a piece of aesofetida or hing or 1/2 tsp of hing powder

METHOD;

Take 1 tsp of oil in a kadhai or a thick bottomed pan and when it is hot put the hing and when it
changes color remove it.
In the same kadhai put all the red chillies and fry them a little till they are little crisp and remove and keep it aside
Now fry all the ingredients individually (you can make out by the color change or the aroma) and keep the dhals separately.
Put all the fried ingrdients except the dhals in a mixer grinder and powder it to a fine one.
Same with the dhals too.
Again mix both the powders in a large mixing bowl and allow it to cool.
When cooled put it in a airtight container and use as needed.