Rasam Podi

Ingredients:

• Coriander seeds - 3 cups

• Dry Red Chillies - 3 cups

• Black Pepper - 1/2 cup

• Toor Dal - 1 cup

• Gram Dal - 1/2 cup

• Cumin Seeds - 1/4 cup

• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

**Method: ** In a dry pan, fry all the ingredients one by one. Allow to cool for a while and then powder them in batches. Sieve to remove very coarse particles. Make sure you dont grind to a very fine powder, let it be a slightly coarse powder, only then the rasam flavor would be mild and nice. Store in dry bottles. Note: Optionally, can add 1/2 cup of curry leaves - fried and powdered to the mix.