South Indian Curry Powder Recipe / Homemade Koora Karam Podi
Homemade Curry Powder, a South Indian style recipe, made with very few basic ingredients. Recipe below has step wise pics and tips.
Equipment
- 1 Frying pan (for stove-top method)
- 1 Spice Blender / Grinder / Mixie.
Ingredients
- ½ cup Chana Dal / Yellow Gram Lentils
- ½ cup Urad Dal / Split Black Lentils
- 1 cup Dhaniya / Whole Coriander Seeds
- a handful Fresh Curry leaves
- ¼ cup Jeera / Cumin Seeds
- ½ tablespoon Methi / Whole Fenugreek Seeds
- 20 to 25 count Dry Red chillies
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 2 teaspoons Salt (or as per taste)
Instructions
1cup=250ml; ¾ cup=180ml; ½cup=125ml; 1 tbsp=14ml; 1 tsp = 4ml
- Gather all the required ingredients at one place, according to the given measurements.
- Put a dry frying pan on stove top under medium flame. Add the chana dal / senagapappu and urad dal / minapa pappu. Let them fry for 5 mins, but keep stirring continuously.
- After 5 mins, add all these>> dhaniya/coriander seeds, methi/mustard seeds and jeera/cumin seeds. Continue with the stirring for 5 more mins over medium flame, let them roast.
- Now, add all the curry leaves and whole dry red chillies. Keep stirring continuously and fry everything for 5 more mins.
- Switch the flame off, remove the pan from the stove, set aside to cool down. Takes 10 mins.
- Transfer the roasted ingredients into a spice grinder / mixie.Add the turmeric powder and salt too. Grind everything into coarse powder.
- Store the powder in an air tight container which is totally clean & dry. Done!