Curry Leaves Powder | Karivepaku podi

Side Dish: Curry leaves powder/ Karivepaku podi

Yields: 1 cup

Duration: 15 mins

Healthy, tasty and nutritious podi recipe with curry leaves. Curry leaves are also called “karivepaku” in the native language, the main nutrients are iron, fiber, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, amino acids, and antioxidants and also included vitamins A, C, E & B it’s good to use often curry leaves in your daily diet. This recipe served as a side dish with South Indian breakfast idli/dosa/ upma and rice topped with ghee( clarified butter) it’s is very simple to make at home. I do use them regularly in most of the recipes, they add great flavor along with nutrients.

Let’s start with ingredients and follows the procedure

Ingredients:

Curry leaves or karivepaku – 1 bowl
Urad dal – 1 tbsp
Chana dal – 1 tbsp
Peanuts – 2 tbsp
Peppercorns – 15
Cumin seeds – 1 Tbsp
Coriander seeds – 2 tbsp
Byadgi red chilies – 3 ( if you would like to use regular dry red chilies, make sure to reduce peppercorns quantity )
Oil – 1 tbsp
Tamarind paste – 1 tsp
Jaggery piece – 1 inch
salt – 1 tsp

Procedure:

On a medium heated pan, add urad dal, chana dal, peanuts and peppercorns
Dry roast till they turn lightly golden brown and aromatic
Next add 2 teaspoons oil then add cumin seeds, coriander seeds, and byadgi red chilies
Saute and fry till they turn aromatic and color changes
Finally, add 1/2 tbsp oil and a bowl of curry leaves, saute them and fry till they become crisp in texture
Transfer all the roasted ingredients to a plate, let it cool down
Next, add them in a mixer jar, add tamarind, jaggery, and salt
Blend all together into a fine powder
Serve curry leaves podi with idli /dosa/rice with ghee. It’s healthy and tasty
Happy cooking and have a nice day 🙂

Step by step process shown below: