Coincidentally, the condiments that I had selected to post for this weeks theme in Blogging Marathon #56 turned out to be red, fiery and having a sauce like consistency with the exception of this one.
This is a flavorful curry powder from the Srilankan cuisine that is used in gravies / dals. I have adapted this from a cookbook called – Vegetarian Fare by Radha Rao.
This aromatic curry powder look like the South Indian sambar powder but has some extra spices like cardamom , cloves and cinnamon
I prepared a gravy using this curry powder and it tasted good .For me it looked like a cross between sambar and kurma!!
I used:
Coriander seeds- 1/2 cup
Cumin seeds- 1/4 cup
Fennel seeds- 1 tablespoon
Red chilies- 10
Fenugreek seeds- 1 teaspoon
Cardamom seeds- from 2 pods
Cloves- 5
Cinnamom-2″ piece
Curry leaves- 10 numbers
Rice flour- 1 tablespoon
- Dry roast each ingredient separately till the spices are brown and aromatic. Take care not to char the ingredients.
- Transfer the roasted spices onto a plate and let them cool down.
- Powder them all together.
- Add the rice flour to the mix and pulse it a few times.
- Sieve and transfer the grits to the blender and grind again.You should have a fine powder.
- Spread on a dry palte for a few minutes and then when cooled, transfer onto a clean dry jar.
- Use as needed in gravies / dhals.
Take a look at all that was served so far on The Buffet On Table…
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Bon Appetit…
I see lot of spices that went into this douce power are garam masala ingredients + some additional ingredients. I would not mind using this in my curries. Nice fiery curry powder.
wow picture perfect.. amazing curry powder and amazing click
I make this curry powder its too good.
All the spices must have given a nice flavor in the curry powder.
Not sure if my comment went through!..that curry powder looks wonderful to have it handy!
Wat an interesting and aromatic spice powder, definitely a versatile one.
A very aromatic spice powder. I love the white tray/platter there.
Wow, what a flavorful and delicious looking Sri Lankan curry powder.
I too made it and loved the flavorful powder.
Wow that is super flavorful… Love the aroma.
their food is so spicy and this is one of the reasons that make it so flavorful but just as an fyi I think their also usually includes star anise
Mir, they do use star anise in their cuisine.But this is a recipe that I adapted from a cookbook and it did not have star anise. So made it as such 🙂
This is one aromatic spice inst it PJ. We loved this spice powder.