Karuveppilal / Curry leaves can be made in two ways, 1-Karuppilai rice, using only dry karuvepppili curry leaves powder, 2-Karueppilal / curry leaves Pulao.
Ingredients for karuppilal rice
Rice— 1 cup,
Karuveppilai— ¾ cup,
Dry Red chills— 2,
Channa dal— 2 tbsp,
Urad dal— 2 tbsp,
Peanut— 2 tbsp,
Mustard seeds— ½ tsp,
Hing— ¼ tsp,
Sesame oil— 4 tbsp,
Salt— 1tsp.
Method
Cook rice with 1 tbsp oil and salt. Dry roast the channa dal, urad dal and red chill. Wash and dry the karuveppilai and dry roast the leaves but don’t make it crisp. Powder the dal’s ,red chill and karuveppilai. Heat the reaming oil in a pan ,add the mustard seeds when they start to crackle add the hing and the peanut and fry them. Add the powdered podi and mix well and saute for a minute. Put of the heat. Now add the cooked rice and mix everything together gently. Karuveppilai rice is ready.
Karuveppilai Pulao,
All ingredients of Karuppeilai rice, onion –1, tomato –1
Method
Dry roast the channa dal, urad dal and red chill. Wash and dry the karuveppilai and dry roast the leaves but don’t make it crisp. Powder the dal’s ,red chill and karuveppilai. Heat the reaming oil in a pan ,add the mustard seeds when they start to crackle add the hing and the peanut and fry them. Now add cut onion, fry for an minute, next add the cut tomato further fry for an minute, now add the powdered podi and mix well and saute for a minute. Add the rice, fry for 2 minute, add water and salt, lower the heat, cover and ccok till the rice is done. Put of the heat. Karuveppilai Pulao is ready.
Dry roast the channa dal, urad dal and red chill. Wash and dry the karuveppilai and dry roast the leaves but don’t make it crisp. Powder the dal’s ,red chill and karuveppilai. Heat the reaming oil in a pan ,add the mustard seeds when they start to crackle add the hing and the peanut and fry them. Add the powdered podi and mix well and saute for a minute. Put of the heat. Now add the cooked rice and mix everything together gently. Karuveppilai rice is ready.
You can store the Kauveppilai powder and use it when necessary. Just cook rice ,cool it ,give a tempering of mustard seeds and mix the karuveppilai is ready
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