Saarina Pudi | Fresh homemade rasam powder | How to make saarina pudi?
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Recipe type: Masala
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 75 Gm or ¾ Cup~
 
Aromatic, spicy Udupi style homemade saarina pudi/rasam powder
Ingredients
  • 100 Gm or ½ Cup dhania/coriander seeds
  • 15 Gm or 1 Tbsp mustard/saasuve
  • 15 Gm or 1 Tbsp jeerige/jeera/cumin
  • 10 Gm or ½ Tbsp menthya/methi/fenugreek
  • ½ Tbsp black pepper
  • ½ Tsp crystal asafoetida/hing
  • 8-10 dried red chillies (byadagi variety)
  • 15 karibevu/curry leaves
  • 1 Tsp oil
  • 1 Tsp turmeric
Method
  1. Heat a pan, add all ingredients except oil, curry leaves and turmeric
  2. Dry roast them on low flame till they become aromatic and slowly change colour. Do NOT blacken them or burn them. Let it cool
  3. In a pan, heat oil, add washed and wiped curry leaves. Let them turn crisp
  4. In a mixer jar for grinding dry powders, add cooled ingredients, crisp curry leaves and turmeric
  5. Grind into a rough powder. Store ground powder in an airtight container
Notes
Extra dry the ingredients in sun if you want to make them more crisp

Wash curry leaves a few hours before and let them air dry

Add byadagi variety red chillies for extra flavour and colour
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/rasam-powder/