HOME MADE SAMBAR POWDER / MASALA POWDER / SAMBAR PUDI

Todays post is home made sambar powder / masala powder . Actually i wanted to try small quantity so that to try first time it will be easy , but as it was about to empty in my kitchen did more only can't do same thing again n again. Somebody asked me to post this so i took pics n posting here. To look it is not beautiful but it is a very important ingredient to prepare side dishes like sambar , curry  daily , so it should be present always  in every kitchen .

Ingredients :-
Fry for 2 min
Urad dal                                                   25 gm
Chana dal                                                 25 gm
Moong dal                                                25 gm
Fenugreek seeds/ methi                             25 gm
Mustard seeds                                          25 gm

Fry for 1 min
Poppy seeds / khus khus                            25 gm or little more(keep low flame)
Cardamom                                                25 gm
Cloves                                                       25 gm
Pepper                                                       25gm
Cinnamon                                                 25 gm
Star anise / chakra moggu                          25 gm
Nutmeg /jayekaye                                     1 piece
Kapok buds /Marathi moggu                      25 gm
sha jeera                                                   50 gm
Black cardamom /kadu yelakki                4 piece  (optional)  
Hybrid marathi moggu                            4 piece  (optional)      

Fry for 1/2 min
Crystal hing                                             1 tsp (keep low flame)
Mace /javitri                                            2 flowers( keep low flame)

Fry for 10 min
Coriander seeds / dhaniya                         1/2 kg
Cumin seeds / jeera                                   400 gm

Note:  It will be very strong so need to put little only .  For eg : if sambar is doing for 4 people then                1/2 tsp - 1 tsp is enough .
Method:-
Keep ready all ingredients first . I have not added turmeric as i add it separately while cooking .

Keep a dry kadai and heat it for 2 min , keep medium flame  add one ingredient and dry roast , like this each ingredient should be separately roasted according to time mentioned above and then put in a big dry kadai or vessel so that finally you can mix all the ingredients . You need to keep roasting , don't  stop in between  otherwise ingredient will burn . If you want to keep low flame then need to increase the roasting time .

                           

                               Cardamoms should be roasted till they are puffy .

 Roast the cumin seeds in two parts (5m + 5m) 5 min for 1/4 kg, so that they can be roasted perfectly .

                               This is sha jeera very thin jeera .

After roasting all ingredients , mix them  and allow to cool 1-2 hrs. You can make powder in home using mixer jar or it can be done in machine out side where chilli powder is done . If you are doing small quantity then it can be done in home only other wise its better to make powder in machine .  

After making powder you need to filter it , again you will get  rough powder keep it aside after collecting enough amount of rough powder again make powder in mixer jar . 

                           

Finally you will get nice powder , store it in  dry air tight box . 

                               So here is spicy sambar / masala powder

                         Plz comment below if u like this post it really motivates me  , thank you .