Homemade Sambar Powder Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe will help you to make fresh, fragrant and flavorful homemade sambar powder which makes the best sambar recipe. It can also be added to all south Indian dishes.
Homemade Sambar Powder
Sambar is one of the important part in our cuisine. We make it at least couple of days a week. Amma never buys readymade sambar powder, she says that it is waste to get a small pack which we go through fast. She has never made sambar powder as well, what she do is mix few spice powders together and add it to sambar. It taste good. You can check out all my sambar recipe, I follow that always.
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But I specially make my version of sambar powder every month. This gives intense taste to the sambar and make it taste so delicious. You definitely get unique hotel style taste whenever you use sambar powder. It tasted so different than out usual sambar. My sister was drinking that all by itself. Now this sambar powder is in my spice cupboard always. I hope it will be in yours too.
About Sambar Powder
Sambar is a staple dish in all South Indian menu. It is made with a combination of vegetables, dals and spices. You can use variety of mixed vegetables or make sambar with just a single vegetable. The taste and flavour of sambar is achieved by the special sambar powder used.
Sambar powder is made with a blend of whole spices like coriander seeds, cumin, black pepper, chillies, mustard and more spices. The spices are dry roasted and ground to a powder. This makes the sambar more flavourful and tasty.
Every household has their own blend of spices and secret sambar powder recipe. And this is mine. I like to add lentils in my sambar powder which makes it not only delicious but flavourful too.
Ingredients for Sambar Powder
- Dry Red Chilli
- Whole Coriander Seeds / Mullu Malli
- Mustard Seeds / Kaduku
- Fenugreek Seeds / Methi / Vendayam
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
- Toor dal / Tuvaram Paruppu
- Channa dal / Kadalai Paruppu
- Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu
- Whole Pepper
- Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi
- Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya podi
How to Make Homemade Sambar Powder
- Take a heavy bottom pan. Heat it on a very low heat.
- First add in all the three dals, roast them for few mins till they turn couple shades darker.
- Now add in pepper, fenugreek, coriander seeds and roast them for few mins till they turn light golden.
- Now add in dry red chilli and roast them for few mins.
- Add in mustard and cumin seeds. Roast all these ingredients till they turn nice and golden.
- Remove them to a bowl and allow it to cool down completely.
- Take them in a blender and powder it little, add in turmeric powder and asafoetida powder and powder all these finely.
- Transfer it to a plate or paper to cool it completely.
- Store this in air tight container.
How to Make Homemade Sambar Powder (Stepwise Pictures)
Roasting Spices & Dal
1)Take toor dal and urad dal in a kadai. Dry roast on low heat till it gets slightly golden in colour.
2)Now the dals are well roasted.
3)Add in black pepper.
4)Add in fenugreek seeds.
5)Add in coriander seeds.
6)Roast all these spices on low heat till aromatic.
7)Add in dry red chillies.
8)Roast the chilles on low heat till it gets crispy and slightly golden.
9)Add in mustard seeds.
10)Add in cumin seeds.
11)Roast all the ingredients on low till aromatic.
Grinding Spices
12)Remove all the spices to a bowl and allow them to cool completely.
13)Take the roasted spices in a blender.
14)Add in turmeric powder. You can add in some asafoetida powder as well.
15)Grind this to a fine powder. Store in an air tight bottle.
Expert Tips
- Roast all the ingredients on a very low flame.
- I have added all ingredients together and roasted, if you are scared that you will burn any of the spices, then roast all the spices separately one at a time and grind them together.
- Store this in an air tight container.
- If you are making a huge batch and you want to store it for longer time, then i suggest you to store them in fridge. Remove small amount of powder in a small container and keep in cupboard.
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Homemade Sambar Powder Recipe (Sambar Podi)
Servings: 3 cups
Notes
- Roast all the ingredients on a very low flame.
- I have added all ingredients together and roasted, if you are scared that you will burn any of the spices, then roast all the spices separately one at a time and grind them together.
- Store this in an air tight container.
- If you are making a huge batch and you want to store it for longer time, then i suggest you to store them in fridge. Remove small amount of powder in a small container and keep in cupboard.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g
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