Sunday, February 14, 2016

Sambar Powder/ Homemade Sambar Podi



Sambar is a quintessential dish in any South Indian household. Sambar to me is almost always the arachutvitta sambar. It is very rarely that I prepare the Podi potta Sambar, so I usually get a packet of sambar podi from the market or sometimes even use my Rasam Podi as a substitute. I had a couple of requests to post Sambar Podi recipe. So here is a recipe, which I got from one of my aunts who is a great cook herself. This sambar podi is very easy to prepare, very aromatic and the Sambar turns out very delicious.

There are many variations of the sambar podi in the net. I have seen most recipes using cumin, black pepper. This recipe makes use of only 5 ingredients. I always prefer to make it in smaller batches so that the podi is fresh and fragrant.

What you’ll need
  1. Coriander Seeds – 1 cup
  2. Red Chillies – 3 cup
  3. Channa Dal/Bengal gram dal – ½ cup
  4. Fenugreek Seeds – ¼ cup
  5. Turmeric stick/virali manjal – 2 sticks

Method
  1. Dry roast the red chillies till they turn crisp.
  2. Roast the channa dal till it turns golden.
  3. Roast the fenugreek seeds till they start popping.
  4. Roast the coriander seeds till a nice aroma comes.
  5. Finally roast the turmeric for 1 or 2 minutes.
  6. Roughly powder the turmeric using a mortar and pestle.
  7. Cool all the ingredients and grind to a fine powder in the mixie.
  8. Transfer to a plate and spread it. Cool completely and transfer to bottle.



Note:
  1. If you don’t get whole turmeric you can replace it with about 4 tbsp of turmeric powder.
  2. No need to roast the turmeric powder.
  3. Take care not to burn the ingredients while roasting.
  4. Roast on medium flame and keep stirring to avoid burning.
  5. Always use dry spoon.




8 comments:

Tumas Tongue Treats said...

Loved your version Kaveri. How have you been?

great-secret-of-life said...

Very flavourful podi.. this is diff than my mum version.. any homemade podi is good...

Rafeeda AR said...

Sounds easy and also much bettter than the packed ones...

Ria Samuel said...

The click is really amazing.

Kavita said...

Hey Kaveri,

Recipe bookmarked.. nice blog.Looking forward for more.

Sayantika said...

I was searching for this in your blog for sometime. I am going to try it today.

Rajalakshmi said...

Lovely.. i follow thw same recipe since years.. also did an instant one on tweaking this adding tuvar dhal, coconut and tamarind, while frying.

Pl. add this to your list so we can get the link quickly.. presently only rasam podi is showing under "podis"

Rajalakshmi said...

Lovely.. I have been following this fool-proof yummy recipe for a long time now. I make an instant sambar podi by adding tuvar dhal, coconut and tamarind while frying. This helped my hubby and daughter in their beginner days.hahaha...

please add the link to your "podis" heading, for easy access

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