Universal Curry Powder (Koorala Podi)

Ingredients

1 cup Toor Dhal

1 cup Chana Dhal

1 cup Peanuts

1 cup Dry Coconut Powder

1/2 cup Coriander Seeds (Dhania)

3 tablespoons Cumin Seeds (Jeera)

5 to 6 Red Chillies Or to your taste

Salt to your taste

1/2 tsp oil

Method

On a medium flame in a pan dry roast dhania and jeera and put them aside. Add toor dhal and dry roast till golden brown and set it aside. Next, add chana dhal dry roast till golden brown and set it aside. You can put all the roasted dhals, coriander, and jeera in one bowl. Next dry roast peanuts; when they are roasted well, set them aside; if you want, you can remove the skin when it cools down and put them in a different bowl. Roughly roast the coconut powder on a low flame and keep it aside in a separate bowl. Now add little oil and roast red chilies till they are crispy and remove them from the pan. After everything is cool down grind all dhals together in a blender to a fine powder. Add jeera and red chilies and grind them. Take this fine powder and place them in a mixing bowl. Now grind the peanuts coarsely and add to the mixing bowl also coarsely grind coconut powder. Now add the salt as required to the mix and mix well. Store it in an airtight container. Enjoy the curry powder adding 2 to 3 tablespoons to the curry when it is done. Mix well and serve.