Heat a pan and dry roast dry coconut till it turns brown.Now add two tea spoon of oil and roast red chillies. Remove them from the pan.

Again add a tea spoon of oil and roast coriander seeds, urad dal, chana dal(bengal gram),cinnamon, cloves, fenugreek seeds and curry leaves one after other. Add oil in between whenever required.

At last roast poppy seeds in 1 tbsp oil and remove it from flame.

Once all the roasted ingredients are cooled down, transfer it to a mixer jar and grind them together to fine powder. Now Bisi bele bath powder is ready. Store it in air tight container.

4 tea spoon of this powder is enough to prepare Bisi Bele Bath from one cup rice.

Ensure no spices are burnt, in that case the taste will be bitter.

Poppy seeds are optional but I recommend adding them because it enhances the taste of bath.