curry leaf powder
tasty!!
Recipe by sneha of Abu Dhabi, AE
this is a very tasty powder when eaten with rice and ghee.a speciality of the andhra cuisines and is a part of their every meal.you may add in more chillies as per your spice requirement.it can be stored for many days whe made in large quantities.
Ingredients
vegetarian
1 servings
- 4 cups curry leaves(fresh)
- 10-12 whole red chillies
- 5 tsp urud dal
- 5 tsp channa dal
- 5 tsp jeera
- 2 pinches of hing
- 1/2 lemon sized tamarind
- salt to taste
Directions
- Dry roast the chana dal and urad dal separately till it turns golden.
- then roast the jeera and whole red chillies in 2 tsps of oil or ghee.
- add the tamarind piece to this and fry till it turns slightly dark in colour and the moisture is lost.
- add the curry leaves to this just till the leaves change colour and are crisp.
- add salt and hing to this.
- grind all together to powder.
- store in air tight jars and serve with steaming rice and ghee.