Curry Leaf Rice - submitted by Dahlia on 04-01-2010 (Karuveppilai Sadam, Karivepaku Annam, Karuvapila Choru)
Ingredients
Basmati Rice - 2 cups
Salt - as needed
Turmeric Powder - a pinch To Roast and Powder
Curry Leaves - about 1 cup packed
Urad Dal - 2 tblsp Channa Dal - 1 tblsp Garlic - 1 clove
Dry Red Chillies - 5
Peppercorns - 5
Coconut - 2 tblsp For seasoning
Asaefoetida - a pinch
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Sesame Oil - 2 tblsp  Method
1. Cook the rice with required salt and a pinch of turmeric powder and keep aside. 2. Dry roast the dals, garlic, peppercorns, dry red chillies and coconut till it turns golden brown. Roast it in low flame to prevent it from getting burnt. 3. Add the curry leaves and toss everything on low flame till the leaves turn crisp. The whole roasting process should take about 12 minutes. Switch off and cool everything.
4. Grind everything to a coarse powder and keep aside. 5. Heat oil in a wok and do the tempering with mustards seeds and asafoetida.
6. Add the cooked rice and the ground curry leaf powder. Switch off. 7. Toss till everything comes together. Check for seasonings and add salt if needed.
8. Serve with raita, papad and/or some fry. Tips - You can make the Curry Leaf Powder in bulk and store it. This way you can make curry leaf rice instantly with left over rice. If you intend to store the powder, do not add coconut. Here's the recipe for Curry Leaf Powder. Comments Comment by a suhanya sundararajan on 03 April 2010 02:17AM Hey dhalz...
I wanted to do this for a long time... but never searched for a proper recipe though.. cos I always end up with lot of curry leaves at home when we go to Little India to buy the veggies here in Singapore... always the quantity is soo much it lasts even after my next trip to buy veggies... (wondering how... ??? they give u a lot for free when u buy the veggies from them - like quite some from the same shop..LOL )
Will definitely do this :) Reply :- Hi Suhanya, Lucky you... Here in US, curry leaves are very very expensive. I was craving for this dish for such a long time that I had to make it. Do try it. It tastes very good. |
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