Karivepila Podi - Curry leaf powder

The curry leaf chutney powder was first given to us by a friend. This chutney got us all excited and all of us wanted to have more of it. Anyone whom I have served this to savors it and asks for more, including my five year old. She cuts idlies into as small pieces as she can and dips each piece into the chutney powder mixed with coconut oil - when she shows the piece to you, totally covered with the chutney powder, you doubt if there is idly piece there or not!!!

So the next step was to learn how to make it.. Here it goes!


Ingredients:

1. Uzhunnu parippu (urad dal) - 1/2 cup
2. kadala parippu (chana dal) - 1/4 cup
3. grated coconut - I used the dry coconut - 1/4 cup
4. dry red chilly - 3 nos
5. garlic - 8-10 cloves - cut them into small pieces
6. asafetida - 2 pinch
7. curry leaves - 3 cups packed tight
8. salt - 1 tsp or to taste
9. coconut oil - 1 tsp

directions:

1. In a heavy bottom wok, medium flame, add oil
2. once oil is hot add curry leaves and keep tossing - once crunchy fish them out and keep it aside
3. fry the garlic pieces to crunchy level and then fish them out and keep aside
4. roast the dry red chillies too
5. now in same pan, roast the parippus and grated coconut till nicely roasted and aroma comes. coconut should be golden brown
6. add asafetida to the mix and turn off the flame.
7. let them all cool and grind them to a coarse texture and enjoy!