Garam Masala powder

Ingredients:-

1. Coriander seed-250gms
2. Cumin -100gms
3. Cinnamon-50gms
4. Cloves-50gms
5. Star anise-25gms
6. Black cardamom-4
7. Green cardamom-6
8. Bay leaf-3
9. Fennel-25gms
10. Kasoori methi-1/4 cup

Method

• Dry Roast all the  ingredients till you get nice aroma .
• Make a fine powder in a mixer grinder.Aromatic garam masala is ready.
• Store garam masala in an air tight container.

Red chilly powder

Ingredients

Kashmiri Red chilly-200 gms

Guntur or flat red spicy chillies-50gms

Coconut oil or vegetable oil-2tsp

Salt-1/2tsp

Method

• Sun dry chillies for 3-4 hours or fry chillies on  a low flame till  it changes its color to dark red.
• Now powder the chillies in a mixer grinder along with salt to a fine powder.
• Now add 2tsp of oil and  mix it again in a  mixer grinder to get that dark red color.
• Store in an air tight container once it comes to room temperature .

Sambar powder

Ingredients:-
Kashmiri red chillies-2 cups
spicy flat red chillies-1 cup
           or
Guntur chillies- 1cup
Coriander seeds-1cup
Chana dal-1/4 cup
Pepper-1tbsp
Fenugreek-1tsp
Asafoetida-2tsp
Sesame seed-1tbsp
cumin-1/4 cup
Turmeric-1tsp
Rice-2tsp


Method:

• Dry roast chillies in a heavy bottom pan over low flame till its changes its color then transfer it to a plate. 
• Same pan put coriander and chanadal and fry for few mins.
• now add cumin,pepper and rice and fry further few mins on a low flame.
• At last add fenugreek,sesame seed and fry till the coriander seeds changes its color to medium brown.
• Now switch off the flame and add turmeric and asafoetida and mix it nicely.
• Now mix all the ingredients and make fine powder.
• Let it cool down then store it in a container.

cabbage sandigey(cabbage vodi in konkani).

Vodi is a specialty of GSB konkani's a type of sun dried rice fryums .Its also very famous in other parts of south india,but this type of vodi is only prepared by  Konkani GSB's. Actually we love to have papad or vodi along with  our rice and dal whether its lunch or dinner some fried item is a must.

vodi is a dried snack which is light and crispy when its fried and goes well with rice and dal or sambar .It aslo goes well with our south indian kanji/ ganji /pej ( boiled red rice with starch) in konkani .Normally people prepare this in summer and use it for rainy season.

          Every year i prepare this with different combination,i use garlic or onion in place of cabbage.

Ingredients:-
Rice(dosa rice)-11/2
Sabudana-1/2 cup(soak for an hour)
       or
Beaten rice-1/2 cup(grind it along with rice)
Cabbage-2 cups(chopped finely)
Red chilly-15
Coriander-1tbsp
salt to taste

Method:-

• Soak rice for about 10-12 hours in 11/2 liters of water
• Grind  rice to fine paste along with chilies and coriander.(if you are using beaten rice instead of sabudana then grind it along with rice)
• Now heat a heavy bottom pan and mix the paste,soaked sabudana and salt.
• Now add  2 lts of boiled water to the paste and keep on stirring to avoid any lumps.If it is too thick then add some more boiled water and keep stirring all the time.cook over a low flame.
• Cook till it starts bubbling. cook further for 5 mins.
• Now switch off the flame and add chopped cabbage.
• Cover and keep over night.
•  To prepare vadies, spread some plastic sheet outside or in the balcony or in the terrace ,drop the mixture with a spoon or with the fingers into small lumps.Dry in sun for  a day and next day turn over,dry again for 2 or 3 more days till its completely dry.
• Store  in an  air tight container.t

tips:

 1. Be careful when you are adding salt to the vadi batter,as it shrinks to 1/2 of its original size when it dries.So add little less salt than normal.

2.its better to make the mixture night itself to save your time and energy so that you can start spreading this as early as possible in the morning.