Karivepaku podi | Curry leaves powder | Curry leaves rice

Karivepaku podi – spiced curry leaves powder recipe, how to make quick curry leaves rice. Curry leaves provide us numerous health benefits like boosting iron levels, controls blood sugar levels, aids in digestion and flushes toxins away from stomach. Folks with low iron levels will benefit from the regular use of curry leaves powder.

A tsp of this powder eaten with rice in the beginning of a meal is said to increase the appetite, digestion and absorption of nutrients in the food. I will try to make a detailed post on the health benefits of curry leaves sometime soon.

There may be different ways of making spiced curry leaves powder or curry leaves rice. I am sharing the method I make at home. I usually make this spicy curry leaves podi and stock up in a glass bottle. Use it whenever needed to make the karivepaku rice.

Curry leaves podi can also be served with lemon rice, upma, semiya upma, idli, Pongal etc. Adjust the amount of red chilies in the recipe to suit your taste.

This karivepaku podi is healthy, delicious and quick to make. It can be a quick fix to dinner as well when you do not have time to make a elaborate meal, just mix it with cooked rice along with oil and roasted peanuts or any other nuts.

This recipe is adapted from the vepudu karam recipe on the blog. You may also like the curry leaves chutney.

Karivepaku podi or curry leaves powder recipe

Karivepaku podi

Curry leaves powder can be used to prevent anemia in kids and women. It can be served with rice.

Prep Time10 minutes

Cook Time30 minutes

Total Time40 minutes

Servings3

AuthorSwasthi

Ingredients (1 cup = 240ml )

to make powder

• 1 tbsp chana dal
• 1 tbsp urad dal
• 1 tbsp sesame seeds powder
• 1 tbsp dry coconut or desiccated coconut
• 3 to 4 Red chilies or as needed
• ¾ to 1 tsp cumin / jeera
• 1 to 3 Garlic
• 1 cup curry leaves tightly packed
• Oil as needed to fry the curry leaves
• Olive oil or coconut oil or sesame oil for making rice.

to make curry leaves rice

• 1.5 cups rice
• 2 to 2.5 tbsp curry leaves podi
• salt as needed
• peanuts or cashews as needed
• oil as needed
• lemon juice as needed (optional)

How to make the recipe

• Clean and wash curry leaves in lot of water few times and dry them on a clean cotton cloth. You can even leave it for few hours to overnight.
• Dry roast chana dal and urad dal until golden. When they are half roasted, add red chilies and fry until golden.
• To the same pan, add cumin, coconut and sesame seeds. Switch off the stove and toss. Do not burn. Set aside to cool.
• To the same pan, add oil and heat. Fry curry leaves until they turn crisp. Cool them.
• Powder them together in a blender. Store them in an air tight glass jar and use as needed for idli, dosa, upma, oats or rice.
• To make curry leaves rice, cook 1 ½ cups rice and cool it completely. Add some roasted crushed peanuts, 2 to 2.5 tbsp curry leaves powder, little more salt and extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil or hot ghee.
• Mix the rice. Adjust the quantity of podi and oil as needed.

NUTRITION

Calories: 588kcal | Carbohydrates: 85g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 12mg | Potassium: 363mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 570IU | Vitamin C: 93.2mg | Calcium: 70mg | Iron: 2.9mg

Notes

Nutrition values are only for the curry leaves powder and not for the rice.

How to make karivepaku podi or curry leaves powder

1. Always use mature fresh curry leaves that do not have infestations. Rinse them well under running water or in a large pot filled with water. You can also add a fistful of rock salt to the water and set aside for 10 mins. This helps to get rid of any pesticide residue. Repeat rinse until the leaves are clean.

2. Drain them in colander. When the water drains off completely. Spread them on a thick cotton cloth until the moisture dries up completely. I usually dry these leaves in the morning around 10 am and leave it on the dinning table until evening 4.

3. On a low flame dry roast dals for 2 mins, then add red chilies. Adjust the amount of red chilies to suit your taste. I used kashmiri red chilies. Roast until the dals turn golden and chilies turn crisp. Keep tossing in between to prevent burning.

4. Add cumin/ jeera. Switch off the stove. Add sesame seeds and desiccated coconut. The heat from the hot pan is enough to toast them. If you have dried coconut (copra) use that since it is higher in nutrition than desiccated coconut. You can also skip coconut and sesame seeds. Set these aside to cool.

5. To the same pan, add oil and heat it a bit.

6. Add the curry leaves and begin to saute.

7. On a low to medium flame, fry them until the leaves turn crisp. Add garlic to this and switch off the stove.

8. Cool all the ingredients completely. If you like to add tamarind, you can add a bit of it. I prefer fresh lemon juice for the rice rather than tamarind. Powder them all in a blender jar.

Store it in a air tight glass jar.

how to make curry leaves rice

method 1
1. Heat oil in a pan,allow mustard to crackle. Add urad dal and peanuts, fry until the peanuts turn golden. Then add 1 sprig curry leaves, red chili and hing. Saute all. Off the stove. Stir in the curry leaves powder as needed. Pour this to the cooled cooked rice. Sprinkle salt. You can also sprinkle some fresh lemon juice if you have not used tamarind. Mix well.

Method 2
1. Cook the rice and cool it completely.

2. Dry roast peanuts until they are toasted well. Remove off the skin and coarsely crush or pulse them in a blender jar.

3. Add curry leaves powder, salt, peanuts and oil.

4. Mix them all together. I prefer to use extra virgin olive oil and little fresh lemon juice. Since the oil is not heated in this method, all the nutritional and health qualities of extra virgin olive oil are retained. Add more or less podi to suit your taste.

Serve karivepaku podi rice with salad, kosambari or plain yogurt.

You can also check this collection of over 70 rice recipes suitable for quick dinner or lunch box.