Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Saambaar Powder

Achieving yet another milestone in cooking...made saambaar powder at home! It was almost fine but not as fine as the machine ground one in India. But still pretty good and manageable. Here is the proportion

100gms - Red chillies (buy the pack of that wt)
200gms - Dhania  (buy the pack of that wt)
quarter tumbler (small) - raw rice
quarter tumbler(small) - toor dhaal
Little pepper, methi seeds.

* Dry roast dhania for few mins and add the rice, dhaal, pepper and methi and fry for few minutes.
* Make the chillies crisp - either dry in Sun or broil it in oven for 2mins (keep an eye every 30 secs).
* Grind it all in mixie to fine powder. If needed, sieve it and regrind the remaining big ones.

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