Ingredients

• 1/2 kg - dry red chilies
• 200 g - copra (dry coconut)
• 100 g - coriander seeds
• 40 g - turmeric root
• 10 g - cumin seeds
• 10 g - pepper corns
• 5 g - cloves
• 5 g - cinnamon
• 5 g - cardamom
• 5 g - marata moggu
• 5 g - bay leaves
• 1 tsp - asafetida powder

How to Make Karnataka Sambar Powder

• Trim away the stalks from chilies. Grate the copra.
• Heat a tbsp of oil and roast the chilies and remove.
• Add 1 more Tbsp of oil to the kadai and roast copra till golden brown. Mix with chilies.
• Add all the other ingredients to kadai and roast without adding more oil.
• Cool and grind all these together to a slightly