Karuveppilai Podi / Curry Leaves Powder Recipe

I learnt this podi recipe from my MIL..She makes the best thogayals and podis . We have this podi with idli/ dosa and  plain rice topped with sesame oil.. Its a healthy and delicious podi variety.

curry leaves podi

Ingredients :

  • Curry leaves – 1 bunch (1 cup)
  • Red chilly – 2-3 nos
  • Pepper – 1 tsp
  • Urad dal (round) – 2 tbsp ( or u can add 1 tbsp of urad and  1 tbsp of channa dal )
  • Hing / Asafetida – 2 pinches
  • Salt – to taste

Method :

  • Heat a kadai with a tbsp of oil and add the red chilly, urad dal, pepper corns and hing.
  • Roast till the dal changes to golden brown color.
  • Transfer the roasted ingredients to a plate.switch off the flame.
  • In the same hot kadai , add the curry leaves and toss it well.(fire off!!)
  • Leave it for sometime.. the curry leaves become crispy.
  • Finally grind everything to a fine /a bit coarse powder by adding the required salt. ( i always grind a bit coarse)

Serve with idly / dosa or mix with plain rice by adding sesame oil.

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42 thoughts on “Karuveppilai Podi / Curry Leaves Powder Recipe”

  2. gtyuk

    amazing colour for this kariveppilai podi; I 'm going to try this with channa and urad dhal together;

    I have never known that these trees produce fruits (nice information)!!

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  4. Menaga Sathia

    பொடி பார்க்க பச்சை பசலென்று சூப்பராக இருக்கு.

    விருது பெற்றமைக்கு வாழ்த்துக்கள்!!

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    2. Chitra

      Hi Jayashree, did you saute the leaves with flame off. Curry leaves should be roasted in the heat of kadai. So flame should be off. For bright green color, you can also try adding a pinch of turmeric powder and a pinch of sugar while sauting the leaves in off flame. It will surely help.

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  16. Saraswathy Balakrishnan

    Looks good and I can consume a dozen of dosa with these podi anytime of the day whenever I feel like..:)

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  23. Jeyashris Kitchen

    What a colour,even my mil also keeps this in stock and we always mix a spoon of this daily in daily meal.
    Thanks for the information abt the curry leaf,i made my daughter,(who always takes out the curry leaf from the food served,) to read this and now she felt the importance of the leaf.
    Congrats on ur award.

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  32. Valarmathi Sanjeev

    Nice green color, looks tempting and congrats on your awards.
    Thanks for trying the tomato peas gravy. I'm glad u liked it.

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  34. Nithya Praveen

    Oh u made me nostalgic…my mom used to make these often…now she couriers it to me.This is a great podi!!!!Yours look so goooooood!

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  35. Malar Gandhi

    Karivepilai podi's color looks great, mine always tend to become bit light…seems like ur MIL also a great cook, in the family:) Nice recipe + picture, dear.

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  37. Aruna Manikandan

    Hi chitra,

    Lovely podi dear

    Congrats on ur awards!!!!!!!

    Kindly pick up the award from my blog dear

    with luv,
    ArunaManikandan

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