Receta Homemade rasam powder/saaru podi recipe – How to make rasam powder/rasam podi

Rasam powder is a very traditional and popular spice powder, which is used to make varieties of rasam.   It is a mixture of  ground spices which is used for preparing  rasam, a South Indian  lentil soup.  There are different recipes of making rasam powder and it varies  by region to region.  This recipe has been followed in my family for decades, which I will be sharing with you here.  This is the basic rasam powder recipe which is prepared with coriander seeds, cumin seeds, black pepper seeds, toor dal and red chillies.  Toor dal gives a good flavour as well as thickness to the rasam.  Black peppercorns gives spiciness and red chillies a nice colour to the rasam.  You can use half whole red chillies and half byadgi or kashmiri red chillies…