This Kollu Karuveppilai Podi recipe / Horsegram, Curry leaves and Lentil spice mix is a recent favorite at home!
I got a small pack of horsegram to use in making spice mixes as they are my kids favorite to have with steaming hot rice or as a side with idli ,dosa and even with chapathi!
Our curry leaf plant grew really tall and bent in the process. So we trimmed it down and ended with a lot of curry leaves.
Almost every house in our neighborhood have a couple of curry leaves plants in their backyard so I did not know what to do with the huge lot.
I ended up storing some for later use and used most of it in making this spice mix.
I added a mix of lentils including horsegram and it was quite flavorful! This spice mix can be used as a side with Idli / Dosa like Idli Milagai podi but tastes best with Steamed rice drizzled with ghee / Sesame oil.
Here is how to prepare Kollu Karuveppilai Podi Recipe:
I used:
- Kollu/ Horsegram – 1/2 cup
- Curry leaves- 2 packed cups
- Toor dal-1/4 cup
- Channa Dal-1/4 cup
- Moong Dal-1/4 cup
- Peppercorns-1 teaspoon
- Red chilies – 2 [adjust to taste]
- Flax seeds- 1 tablespoon
- Sesame seeds- 2 tablespoons
- A pinch of asafoetida powder
- Salt to taste
Here is how to prepare this healthy spice mix…
- Toast sesame seeds on low flame till they pop a bit. Keep aside.
- Dry roast all the lentils ,peppercorns and red chilies, together till they turn golden brown.Do this on low flame else the lentils will burn quickly.
- Switch off the heat and add flax seeds and toasted sesame seeds. Stir a couple of times and let it cool.
- Transfer onto a plate
- Now toast the curry leaves on very low flame so that it looses moisture and shrivels. The color will also change.
- Let it cool.The curry leaves will turn crisp.
- In a mixie jar, take the crisp curry leaves and powder well.
- To this add the lentil spice mix , a pinch of asafoetida and salt.
- Grind to a semi fine powder.
- Spread on a plate to cool down.
- Store in an airtight container
- Use this as a side with Idli / dosa or serve with steamed rice drizzled with ghee / sesame seed oil.
Note:
You can also dry curry leaves in the microwave and use in this recipe.
Check out the other recipes using Curry leaves and a collection of recipes using horse gram/ kollu as the main ingredient.
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