Recipe for Karakuzhambu Podi (Powder)

Ingredients:
Red Chillies - 1 cup
Coriander seeds (Dhaniya) - 3/4 cup
Jeera (Cumin Seeds) - 2 tbsp
Black Pepper - 1 tbsp
Peanuts - 4 nos
Asafodeita piece - 1 small piece or 2 pinches

Method:.
Fry Coriander seeds and Jeera separately. Fry the peanuts and other ingredients too. Grind them thoroughly into a fine powder.

Note: The same powder can also be made in larger quantities. The quantities are as follows:
Red Chillies: 1 kg
Coriander Seeds - 750 gms
Jeera - 1 cup
Black Pepper - 1/3 cup
Peanuts - 1 tbsp
Asafodeita - 1 inch piece.

This quantity can be fried and ground in flour mill. Keep it in a zip lock bag in freezer.

This powder can be used to make Kara Kuzhambu or Vatha Kuzhambu.