Ingredients

• 1/4 cup - whole black pepper
• 1 cup - urad dal
• 1 - handful curry leaves
• 2 cups - red chilli

How to Make Vathakuzhambu Podi

• Heat 1 tsp of oil in a heavy bottomed pan, and add red chillies and fry for a while and take it in a mixer.
• Heat another tsp of oil in the pan and add urad dal, pepper and curry leaves and fry till the dal becomes golden brown colour.
• Allow the fried ingredients to cool off.
• Now grind all the above fried ingredients in a mixer to a fine powder.
• Now the vathakuzmambu podi is ready to use.
• Recipe courtesy: Subbu's Kitchen.