Sambar Podi/Sambar Powder

Sambar powder:

Ingredients:

Whole red peppers - 1/4 kg

Coriander seeds - 1/4 kg

Toor Dal - 200 g

Gram dal - 200 g

whole black peppers - 25 g

asafoetida - a pinch

Method:

Dry the above ingredients or fry all the ingredients separately without oil and grind into a nice powder.

Morkulambu/ Buttermilk gravy

Ingredients:

Yogurt/Butter milk -2 cup
Coriander seeds - 2 tsp.(optional)
Cumin seeds - 2 tsp.
Chana Daal 1 tsp.
Rice or rice powder 1 tsp.
Coconut (grated) - 2 tsp.
Salt - as needed
Mustard - 1 tsp.
Turmeric - pinch
Red Chili - 1-2 (u can add green chilli and quantitiy is based on u)

Preparation:

Fry Coriander seeds, Cumin seeds, Chana Daal, Red Chili in a little oil.
Grind the mixture with the coconut and add to the beaten yogurt(buttermilk). Add turmeric and bring to a boil.
Stir the rice powder, and heat on low until consistent texture is achieved.
Heat oil and mustard seeds and add to the mixture.

if u want some vegetable fry or boil those and add with this morkulambu before boiling this.

u can put some vegetables like vendaikai(okra),katrikai(eggplant),poosanikai(white pumpkin),chuv-chuv(chayote squash),Drumstick...