Sambar powder

Ingredients

• Red chilli - 1/2 kg
• Coriander seeds - 1 kg
• Bengal gram dhal (kadala paruppu) - 100 gm
• Red gram dhal (thoor dhal) - 100 gm
• Snuff (sombu) - 50gm
• Cumin seeds (jeeragam0 - 50 gm
• Turmeric - 25 gm
• Asafoetidea - 15 gm (preferably cubes)
• Fenugreek seeds - 50 gm
• Raw rice (pachai arisi) - 100 gm
• Black Pepper - 50 gm

Method

Sun dry the chillies so that they become crispier.
Dry roast each of the ingredients.
Grind all the ingredients together in a flour mill.
Once cooled sieve and store in an air tight container, pressing the powder tight in the container.
For daily use keep in a seperate container in small quantities.