Configuring, Compiling and Booting the Linux Kernel for the first time

It was a happy moment when my own Linux Kernel booted successfully and that too in the very first attempt!! Well, here are the steps that I followed:
(Note: The host machine was Fedora 25)

1. Download the latest stable Linux Kernel from https://www.kernel.org
    I got linux-4.9.11.tar.xz
2. Then extract the file using
   

   $ tar xf linux-4.9.11.tar.xz

3. Then go to the extracted directory
   

   $ cd linux-4.9.11

4. Install the dependencies
   

   $ sudo dnf install ncurses-devel
   $ sudo dnf install elfutils-devel

5. Configure the kernel
   

   $ make menuconfig

   I just made one change the first time. I added NTFS support to my Linux kernel
6. Build the kernel and the modules
   

   $ make
   $ make modules

7. Install the modules
   

   $ sudo make modules_install install

8. Update grub2
   

   $ grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

9. Reboot the machine
10. Check which kernel is running
    

    $ uname -r
    4.9.11

    And that is how things worked out wonderfully!