Set a pan on medium-low heat, add coriander seeds, cumin seeds, black pepper, fennel seeds, cinnamon, black cardamom cloves, star anise, and bay leaf, and roast them until they are fragrant, make sure you don’t burn the spices while roasting. Switch off the flame, add desiccated coconut and roast it.
Cool down the roasted spice to room temperature and transfer it to the grinding jar and grind it to a fine powder, please do not grind when the spices are hot for efficient results.
Further add, salt, powder sugar, kashmiri red chilli powder, and dry ginger powder. grind until everything is in powdered form.
Remove it to a bowl, and add grain sugar, citric acid, dry coconut, and oil, mix well and your homemade dabeli masala is ready to be used, use it according to your preference and you can also store them in the fridge for a couple of months.