Sunday, March 1, 2009

How To Make Sri Lankan Roasted Curry Powder



INGREDIENTS:
6 tablespoons coriander seeds
3 tablespoons cumin seeds
2 tablespoons turmeric powder
1 teaspoon fennel seeds
1 x 5cm cinnamon stick (crumbled)
4 cloves
4 cardamom pods
5 dried curry leaves
1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns

Directions:
Heat the pan and first put coriander seeds and fry it till it starts to get golden brown. Then add rest of the ingredients and fly all in medium heat, till it is nice golden brown. (Do not burn it.)
Place in a grinder and grind to a fine powder.
You can store it for months in an airtight container.

NOTES:
If you can find dry turmeric, it´s the best.

Posted by Chamari at 12:01 PM
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8 comments:

  1. Thank you for these recipes.. this is a great blog and I appreciate your clear explanations and pictures. I very much miss the culture and people of Sri Lanka.. but at least I can enjoy the food here in my home now!~
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  2. Your recipes are really good but please improve your videos.
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  4. Chamari, I love watching your recipes, you mention in your chicken curry recipe that tumeric is also an ingredient in your curry powder mixture but it is not mentioned in either one of the raw or roasted curry powder recipes, could you plesae clarify that point for ignorant me? if you do use tumeric in the curry powder preparation which one is it, raw or roasted?. I never ever dreamed of making my own curry powder but you inspired me to do it at home, thank you.
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  5. Thank you very much for the comments & encouragements.
    @Anonymous:
    Sorry Dear, it´s a mistake. This was my first recipe :-). And also I add very little turmeric, that´s why my curry powder didn´t get much yellow. (if you are following this recipe, just add nearly 2 tablespoons turmeric.) And use turmeric only for RAW CURRY POWDER. All the very best. I´ll do a video of this recipe soon :-)
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  6. what do you mean by cloves
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  7. Dear chamari, Is that roasted curry powder is called 'kalu kudu" in Sinhala.?
    Can u please tell me . im confused!
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  8. hi i am new to this site .i am going to try this recipe right now after seeing.hope comes out good.Thanks for sharing.
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