Sambar podi / powder

 My MIL use to prepare this powder that can be used for Kuzhambu, Satramudhu  & karamathu.Instead of virali manjal,You can directly add a pinch of turmeric powder to your sambar or rasam.

Ingredients :

Thuvaram paruppu / Toor Dhal - 1 cup

Kadalai Paruppu / Channa Dhal - 1/2 cup

Dhaniya / Coriander seeds - 2 cups

Red Chillies - 25nos

Milagu / Black Pepper - 1/4 cups

Jeera / Cummin Seeds -1/4 cups

Curry leaves - 2 twigs
Virali manjal - 10 nos

Method:

Sun dry all the above ingredients in a hot sunny day.If you stay abroad like me where you are not able to sun dry the ingredients, dry roast all the ingredients and let it cool to room temperature.The curry leaves should be so dry that you can crush it.Now grind this to a coarse powder.It can be prepared in bulk and kept for months when you preserve them in dry canisters.