Cayenne pepper or other hot red chile powder freshly ground
die Zubereitung:
(Bafat - southwestern India)
Dry the whole spices in the oven at 200°F for 15 minutes, taking care that they do not burn. Remove them from the oven, cool, and grind them together with the ground spices in a spice mill.
A World of Curries by Dave DeWitt and Arthur Pais Isbn 0-316-18224-9 pg 40