Prep Time: 04 Hours

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 

This is iyengar sambar powder recipe. It is a flavourful blend of lentils and Indian spices. It is the main ingredient used to bring flavours to a lentil rich gravy called Sambar. It is thicker than a traditional rasam because of the use of channa dal in the powder. Sambar is typically relished with rice/dosa/idly.

Ingredients

• Red chilli: 5 cups
• Coriander seeds: 3 cups
• Toor dal: 1 cup
• Channa dal: 1 cup
• Mustard seeds: 1/4 cup
• Methi seeds: 1/4 cup
• Turmeric: 10 sticks

Method

• (Raw and powdered)

  • Sun dry all ingredients for 1/2 day or warm them in an iron vessel.
  • Grind them to a fine powder.

  Tip: Needs additional boiling as the powder is raw when sambar is prepared

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