Chhaya's All-Purpose Curry Powder

This recipe is from my sister-in-law. You can just add a some of it into any vegetable preparation at the end stage of cooking and it's instantly an Indian dish. This powder is from south India, so there are no sweet spices in it.

• Ready In: 10 mins
• Yields: 1/2 cup

Ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup  coriander seed
• 4 -5  dried red chilies (the long ones)
• 1⁄4 cup channa dal (also known as bengal gram)

Directions

1. Dry fry all the ingredients until they are slightly brown and a nice aroma is in the air.
2. Powder them in a Magic Bullet or similar.
3. Store it for use as desired. It will keep for a long time.