Curry Leaves Chutney Powder / Karuvepillai Idly Milagai Pdi

Wisconsin is a winter wonderland, it's snowing/ Windy for the past 18 hours n going to be the same next 3 days. its so beautiful to watch the snow fall and also the weather is not too cold, its 30 F or above only. But becoz of heavy wind Schools were closed today...I was so happy to hear this message early morning so that I can sleep for some more time. Then only realized that two kids will be at home. Oh..no..H am going to manage them as I planned to bake (savory bake) today. All my plans were spoiled, since if they are at home means I can't do any work except I can bake a cake or cookies which they love more n help me in such cases. Yes, they help me n obey all my words n somehow I manage to finish my work with them. But in case of savory bake or regular cooking there will be lots of interruption you can't do anything properly. I know this is more common n every blogger mommy took it a challenge n succeed for their blog baby! But most of the time our Kids will win the game, right?! Today also they won the battle n I dropped the baking idea.

Now coming to the recipe, curry leaves Chutney powder / Podi. This Podi is more common in my Grandma's house n she make idly Podi this way with black urad dal n curry leaves. But I totally forget the term "Curry Leaves" after coming here for two reason, one we couldn't find it all the time n the second main reason it's prize, $1.89 for 2 sprigs or less...so I stopped buying curry leaves n very rarely buy it n used to add only 1 or 2 leaves in my Rasam n Sambar. Whenever I saw curry leaves related recipes in others' blog I yearn for it.

Luckily I find curry leaves in one of the Indian Grocery store for 99c n also little more quantity 5-6 sprigs n leaves also very fresh n flavorful. I was so happy to see such fresh curry leaves n decided to make "Curry Leaves" recipes n this Podi is first in the line. So simple n same as idly Milagu Podi but with the domination of curry leaves. Curry leaves has more healthy n medicinal properties n it's good to include in your daily diet. And this Podi is one such easy way to include in your kids' meal. I think most of the kids love Podi n idly rt?! So this is one of the best way to stuff them. This Podi is for idly/dosa /chapathi/paniyaram only and not a combo for plain rice. For rice we make it with roasted gram dal will share that later. Now off to the recipe...

Ingredients

1. Fresh Curry leaves             1 cup( tightly packed) I used 2.5 packets
2. Urad dal/Ulutham Paruppu                        1/2cup( with or without skin )
3. Channa dal/ kadala paruppu       1/4 cup
4. Dry Red chilli          8-10 no.s
5. Hing             1/4 tsp
6. Salt        to taste
7. Oil      1/2tsp

Method

• Wash curry leaves then dry it completely or wipe with paper towel.
• Heat a pan dry roast curry leaves for 2-3 minutes or until it turn crisp n flavor comes. Do this in a medium heat.
• After that transfer the leaves to a plate n keep aside.

• Now to the same pan add oil, heat it then add urad dal, channa dal n dry red chili and roast everything in medium flame until the dal turns golden brown n flavor comes.
• Last add hing mix it n remove from the stove n transfer it to a plate n allow to cool.
• After cooling, first blend curry leaves n dry red chilli to coarse mixture then add dal, enough salt n grind it to fine coarse powder.

• Then spread this Podi on a paper n cool for a while then store it in an air tight container.
• Serve with hot idly/dosa/paniyaram.

Notes
Dry roast all the ingredients in medium heat or else it will burn soon n won't be roasted properly.
Fine roasted dal only give nice taste n flavor to the Podi.
As soon as u finish roasting remove the pan from stove top n also transfer the content to a plate/paper or else due to the heat dal will turn black n burnt.
After grinding taste the Podi to check salt if it is less then add little more n run for few seconds. If u feel its spicy no worries when u mix it with oil/ghee (while serving) it tastes perfectly.