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Mummy's Sambar Podi

Jul-13-2016
Akila Subramanian
20 minutes
Prep Time
45 minutes
Cook Time
4 People
Serves
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ABOUT Mummy's Sambar Podi RECIPE

Every South Indian household has a secretly guarded 'sambar podi' recipe that is passed on through generations. About 10 years back my mother-in-law passed on her grandmother's recipe to me. I still have it written in an old diary. In fact my mom and granny liked my Sambar and Rasam so much that they now follow the same recipe too. I hardly ever make my own Sambar powder- My 70 year old granny still makes the yearly stock for mum and me. This recipe is now famous in my extended family as 'KJ's sambar podi' [My Mother-in-law's name is K.Jayalakshmi]. This one is super special for me.

Recipe Tags

  • Veg
  • Medium
  • Everyday
  • South Indian
  • Roasting
  • Basic recipe
  • Vegan

Ingredients Serving: 4

  1. Coriander/ Dhania seeds -1 kg
  2. Dry Red chillies- 1/2 kg
  3. Split red gram/ Tuvar dal/ Arhar dal - 750 gm
  4. Black peppercorns- 200 gm
  5. Fenugreek/Methi seeds - 150 gm
  6. Cumin/ Jeera- 100 gm
  7. Split black gram/ Urad dal- 250 gm
  8. Dry turmeric root/Sabut Haldi - 200 gm

Instructions

  1. In a large thick bottomed wok/ kadhai dry roast each of the ingredients separately, except the turmeric roots.
  2. Keep the flame on low and dry roast until the ingredients lose their 'raw' smell. But do be careful not to burn them.
  3. Allow the spices to cool down completely.
  4. Break the turmeric roots into tiny pieces.
  5. Mix all the ingredients and grind into a fine powder. [ I usually get it ground in a mill]
  6. Divide the sambar powder into 4-5 portions and store them in separate zip-lock pouches before placing them in an air tight container.
  7. You can use one portion at a time. This way the rest of the batch remains fresh and lasts for over 6 months. [You can even refrigerate the zip-locked sambar podi pouches for increasing their shelf life]

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Uma Shinde
Oct-04-2016
Uma Shinde   Oct-04-2016

how can I use this sambar podi

Bindiya Sharma
Jul-14-2016
Bindiya Sharma   Jul-14-2016

was looking for this recipe..thanks for sharing!

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