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Monday, February 20, 2012

Karuvepilai Podi | Curry Leaves Powder!

Karuvepilai Podi | Curry leaves powder is very good for health and keeps hair black as well as growing. Curry leaves powder is very tasty. It will also help when anyone gets cold, mix this powder with rice and ghee it as warms up the body. This is also a post pregnancy food.


Ingredients
Curry leaves – 4 cups
Urad dal – ½ cup
Bengal gram – ½ cup
Black pepper – 1 tspns(As per your taste)
Dry red chilli – 2 nos( As per your taste)
Dry coconut(copra) – 1 no (small)
Oil – 4 tspns
Asafoetida(Hing) – ¼ tspn or a small piece
Salt


Preparation Method
Split curry leaves from the stem
In a Kadai, put 2 tspns of oil add Urad dal, Bengal gram, pepper fry till dal is brown and now add red chill, asafoetida fry for a minute.
Now transfer this to a plate to cool.
You can always add or reduce pepper and red chilli as per your requirement.
Add in kadai 2 tspns of oil and add curry leaves. Fry this till curry leaves are hot and remove from fire.
Leave it for sometime till it becomes dry and crisp.
Cut or grate the dry coconut and mix to the dal.
When the dal is cool grind it coarsely.
Add curry leaves, salt and grind.



Once cool, store it in air tight container. This can be used upto 10days.

Curry leaves powder is ready. This can be mixed with rice or had with chapathi.

Notes - Dry coconut can be avoided for people with cholestrol.
If you love to add more curry leaves, feel free to add.

8 comments:

hotpotcooking on February 18, 2012 at 9:53 PM said...

Healthy podi. You have got a nice color too

Hema on February 18, 2012 at 10:04 PM said...

A very yummy podi, you have got the perfect color, very inviting clicks..

Rekha shoban on February 19, 2012 at 8:26 AM said...

healthy podi..krishya's favourite!2nd pic looks super

Anusha on February 20, 2012 at 12:32 AM said...

love the recipe and love the clicks too sara!!

Fairy Garden on February 20, 2012 at 12:27 PM said...

Nice podi dear, i was thinking how to go about this since a long time. Atlast, i have found it here. Bookmarked.

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Unknown on February 20, 2012 at 10:02 PM said...

fresh and delicious podi - I make chutney but I shoul try maiking the podi as well

Unknown on February 21, 2012 at 9:48 AM said...

I love karukappillai podi..wud be perfect to mix it with hot rice with a dash of ghee..

Nalini's Kitchen on February 21, 2012 at 10:29 AM said...

Healthy podi,perfectly made...

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