Red Curry Powder
How to make red curry powder from whole spices
Equipment
- food processor grinder
Ingredients
- Three tablespoon whole coriander
- one tablespoon whole cumin
- three tablespoons Spanish paprika
- four whole dry cayenne peppers more if you want very spicy curry powder
- ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon fennel seeds
- 3 cloves
- 1 inch stick of cinnamon
- 2 tbsp Yellow mung dal optional
Instructions
- Dry roast the whole coriander until golden brown and fragrant for couple of minutes.
- dry roast cumin, mung beans dal and fennel seeds on low flame until it turns light brown and start giving aroma
- lightly roast whole dry red peppers for few seconds on low
- toast paprika until color turns dark red
- grind peppercorns and cardamom seeds using mortar and pestle
- add everything in food processor and grind to a fine powder
Video
Notes
Store in air tight container in freezer to the blended spices stay fresh for long time.