Curry powder recipe

Recipe ingredients

6 dried red chillis or 1 teaspoon chilli powder, add with the turmeric if using
1/4 teaspoon black peppercorns
5 cloves
2 small bits of cinnamon, or cassia bark
2 or 3 green cardamoms
1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds
1/4 teaspoon coriander seeds
1/4 teaspoon turmeric

How to make curry powder

Preheat a heavy frying pan and dry cook all the spices except turmeric for a couple of minutes, shaking the pan so they do not burn. Let cool to one side.
Grind cooled spices with turmeric in pestle and mortar or coffee grinder. Do not use a grinder you use for coffee.
1 teaspoon for a dish for 4 people.