How To Make Sambhar Powder

This is a step by step guide to prepare Sambhar Masala Powder at home. You can prepare it and keep it stocked in your kitchen if you enjoy having South Indian food like Idli and Dosa. You would require 3 teaspoons of this Masala to prepare Sambhar for 5 people if you take half a cup of Dal and One Cup of Mixed vegetables. 

Follow this easy step by step instructions to prepare Sambhar Masala Power at home.

Ingredients

• 4 tbsp Coriander seeds, khadi dhaniya
• 12-14 Dry red Chili
• 1 teaspoon Fenugreek seeds / Methi dana
• 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds/ sarso
• 2 teaspoon Cumin seeds/ zeera
• 3 tbsp Bengal gram/ chana dal
• 2 teaspoon Black pepper/ kali mirch

Method:

1.  Dry roast all the ingredients mentioned in the table above ” Ingredients for Sambhar powder” on a low flame till nice aroma comes from the spices. Keep stirring so that the spices roast evenly.  Switch off the flame. Let it cool at the room temperature.

2. Take the roasted spices in a grinder and grind it to make fine powder. Don’t add water while grinding the spices.

3. Put the ground spices in a air tight container and use when requires. Fresh sambhar powder is ready.