Sambar Powder | Sambar Pudi | Homemade HuLi Pudi
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Recipe type: Homemade
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 100 Gm~
 
Aromatic, fresh, authentic Mysore style homemade sambar powder
Ingredients
  • ½ Cup (100gm) haveeja/dhania/coriander seeds
  • ¼ Cup kadalebele /chana dal
  • ¼ Cup uddinabele/urad dal
  • ½ Tbsp menthya/methi
  • ½ Tbsp black pepper/kali mirch/menasu
  • 4-5 small pieces dalchini/cinnamon/chakke
  • ½ Tbsp jeera/jeerige/cumin seeds
  • 1 Tbsp gasa gase/poppy seeds/khus khus
  • 1 big pinch hing/asafoetida
Method
  1. To a pan kept on low heat, add dhania
  2. Drop in red chillies
  3. Add methi, kali mirch, khus khus, start roasting
  4. Next add dalchini and jeera and hing/asafoetida
  5. Keep roasting till they turn aromatic, keep aside
  6. In another pan, add urad and chana dal
  7. Start roasting till light golden
  8. Mix it with other spices we roasted earlier. Let it cool completely
  9. Dry grind into lightly coarse sambar powder. Makes about 100 gm~
Notes
It is essential to roast the dals separately to prevent burnt dals

Once ground, this sambar powder can be stored in an airtight container for 2-3 months

Adjust red chillies as per taste and variety. Here I have used regular red chilli and not byadagi variety
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/sambar-powder/