Rasam Powder - 150g

However, a basic Rasam Powder is made with 5 ingredients comprising of 4 spices and 1 lentil:

• Coriander seeds (sabut dhania) – One of the major ingredients which bring in warm and earthy tones.
• Cumin seeds (jeera) – On roasting, cumin seeds give mildly bitter tones.
• Black peppercorns (kali mirch) – Makes the spice mix pungent and sharp.
• Dried red chilies (sukhi lal mirch) – Red chilies not only give color, but also lend some heat and spice to the ground mixture.
• Pigeon pea lentils (tuvar dal or arhar dal) – Makes the rasam powder nutty and earthy.

• Apart from the above ingredients, you can also add chana dal (husked split Bengal gram), fenugreek seeds, curry leaves and asafoetida (hing) to the recipe of Rasam Powder.