KUZHAMBU MILAGAI PODI I HOMEMADE KUZHAMBU CHILLI POWDER I HOW TO MAKE RED CHILLI POWDER AT HOME

Hi friends, in our Indian especially South Indian house hold kuzhambu chilli powder, which is very essential and usually we will prepare it for 6 months or one year stock… My mom every year won’t miss to make the podi, and its very handy and will give nice taste to the any type of kuzhambu or even some stir fries too…

My mom, sun dried the good quality of red chillies and coriander seeds for two days and then dry roast the other ingredients and make powder in grinding mill nearby home.  You can make any veg or non-veg curries, stir fries...

Category	DIY/HOMEMADE
Regional	SOUTH INDIAN
Preparation Time	10 Minutes (Apart from chillies and coriander seeds sun dry time)
Roasting Time	30 Minutes
Yields	2 Kg

Source – My grandma

INGREDIENTS

Dry red chillies – 1 Kg

Coriander seeds – 1 Kg

Cumin seeds – ½ Cup

Fennel seeds – ½ Cup

Chana dal/Bengal gram – ½ Cup  

Toor dal/Red gram – ½ Cup

Black pepper corns – ½ Cup

Fenugreek seeds – ¼ Cup

Rice – ¼ Cup

Mustard seeds – ¼ Cup  

Dry Curry leaves – ½ Cup, loosely packed

METHOD

• Sun dry the red chillies and coriander seeds for 2 days, or if its very hot weather 1 day dry is enough, and keep it ready.
• Dry roast the ingredients on low flame, one by one which is shown on the picture, till the fragrant comes.

• Cool it for 20 minutes and then grind all the ingredients together in a mill to get fine powder.

• You can make this powder at home in small batches using blender too.
• Sieve the chilli powder and store it in air-tight container at room temperature.

• The shelf life of powder will be one year.
• You can use the hot chilli powder for any of your recipes… J

NOTE

• All ingredients should be dry, it should not be moisture, else bugs will come when store. 

READY TO GIVE TASTY AND FLAVORFUL CURRIES TO YOU!!!