Roasted Cumin (Jeera) powder/ Red Chilli powder

For roasted cumin powder-

Ingredients –

1. Whole cumin seeds – 1 cup

Method-

• Heat a pan on medium flame, add cumin seeds, roast till it turns light brown in color.
• Keep stirring, otherwise cumin seeds will get burnt.
• Let it cool down completely.
• Transfer the roasted cumins in a mixer jar and grind it to fine powder.
• Keep the powder in the air tight container and use as required.

For red chilli powder-

Ingredients –

1. Whole dried  red chilli (you can take any kind of chilli) – 1 cup

Method –

• Remove the stem of the chillies.
• Heat a pan, roast the chillies for 3-4 minutes on low flame.
• Let it cool down  completely, transfer the roasted red chilli in a mixer jar and grind it to fine powder.
• Wait for 5 minutes before you open the mixer jar cover.
• Red chilli powder is ready, keep the powder in the air tight container and use as required.