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Ingredients


3 Cups Red Chillies
1/8 Cup Fenugreek Seeds
1/8 Cup Pepper
1/4 Cup Cumin Seeds
1/4 Cup Mustard
1/4 Cup Corriander Seeds
1 Cup Red Garam Dal
As desired Salt
A Little Dry Ginger
1/2 Cup Curry Leaves
Orange Sized Tamarind
1 Cup Garlic

Direction For Cooking

Roast tamarind and salt without adding oil .
Heat oil in a heavy bottomed vessel fry all the other spices.
Powder everything finely after it cools down completely add garlic, tamarind and salt at the end.


 

Dal Mix

 

Ingredients

1/2 Cup Gram Dal(Tuar)
1/2 Cup Bengal Gram Dal
1/2 Cup Black Gram Dal
1/2 Cup Green Gram Dal
1/2 Table Spoon Tamarind
25 Red Chillies
6 Flakes Garlic
As Desired Salt

Direction For Cooking

Roast each dal seperately without adding oil till brown in color.
Heat oil in a heavy bottomed vessel fry the red chillies and gralic.
Powder everything finely after it cools down completely.   

 

Garam Masala

  Ingredients

1 Cinnamon Sticks
1 Tea Spoon Cumin Seeds
1 Tea Spoon Coriander Seeds
1 Tea Spoon Cloves
1 Tea Spoon Black Pepper
3-4 Cardmoms
1 Big Bay Leaf
1 Tea Spoon Papprika
1 Tea Spoon Mace
1 Tea Spoon Nutmeg
1 Tea Spoon Dry Ginger
1 Tea Spoon Caraway Seeds

Direction For Cooking

Roast all the ingredients in a little oil.
Let it cool.
Grind them in a spice grinder or coffee grinder.
Store in airtight container.  

 

Idli Powder

  Ingredients

1/2 Cup Black Gram Dal (Urad Dal)
1 Table Spoon Cumin Seeds
3 Table Spoon Bengal Gram Dal (Channa Dal)
1/4 Cup Coriander Seeds
1/8 Cup Dry Coconut (Optional)
5 Red Chillies
A Lime Sized Tamarind
5 Garlic Pods Or Garlic Salt (2 Table Spoons)

Direction For Cooking

Roast all the ingredients in a little oil.
Let it cool.
Grind them in a spice grinder or coffee grinder.
Store in airtight container.
 

Rasam Masala

  Ingredients
1/2 Cup Black Gram Dal (Urad Dal)
1 Tea Spoon Cumin Seeds
1 Tea Spoon Coriander Seeds
1 Tea Spoon Black Pepper
Curry Leaves
Cloves
2 Cardamoms
1 Stick Cinnamon

Direction For Cooking

Roast all the ingredients in a little oil.
Let it cool.
Grind them in a spice grinder or coffee grinder.
Store in airtight container.
 
 

Idli Chilli Powder

  Ingredients

1/2 cup Black gram
20 Red chillies
1 tsp Coriander seeds
1 tsp Bengal gram dhal
small size Tamarind
1 1/2 tsp Salt

Direction For Cooking
Heat one spoon of oil and fry all the ingredients till golden brown. When cool down pound with salt and tamraind.

Preserve in clean air tight container. 

 

Sambhar Masala

  Ingredients

1/2 Cup Bengal Gram Dal (Bengal Dal)
1/2 Cup Black Gram Dal (Urad Dal)
1/2 Cup Red Gram Dal (Thuar Dal)
1/2 Cup Dry Coconut
10 Red Chillies
2 Table Spoons Cumin Seeds
2 Table Spoons Fenugreek Seeds (Meethi)
1 Cup Coriander Seeds
2 Table Spoons Curry Leaves
1 Table Spoon Black Pepper
3 Table Spoons Garlic Flakes
1/4 Tea Spoon Turmeric
1/4 Tea Spoon Salt

Direction For Cooking

Roast all the ingredients in a little oil.
Let it cool.
Grind them in a spice grinder or coffee grinder.
Store in airtight container.
 

Senugapappu Karam

  Ingredients

1/2 cup Dry coconut flakes
1 cup Roasted bengal gram
5 Red chilli
5 tsp Cumin seeds
5 flakes Garlic
a few Curry leaves
walnut size Tamarind
as desired Salt

Direction For Cooking

Heat oil in pan add cumin seeds and garlic when done keep aside. Dry roast red chillies and curry leaves. Grind roasted bengal gram with roasted red chilli, curry leaves, cumin seeds, garlic, salt, tamarind coarsely. Add coconut and salt and process for another minute.

Serve with hot rice and a drizzle of ghee.

 

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