Curry Leaves Rice is a nutritious and healthy one pot meal perfect to go for lunch and lunchbox. Let us learn Curry Leaves Rice Recipe with step by step pictures.
Curry Leaves Rice is perfect for lunch or even for lunchbox. We just had my lunch with karruveppilai sadam,chow chow kootu and vadam, we had a hearty meal. As I loved the rice so much sat down immediately to edit the pictures and post it.
About Curry Leaves Rice
I have tasted curry leaves rice once when amma made it for lunch and I instantly loved it….that instant I decided to post it here. Yesterday I bought fresh curry leaves so thought to make curry leaves rice.I adapted the recipe from here, it turned out so flavorful and good.This fits aptly for lunchbox, you can pair it up with some curry / kootu and vadams.
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Curry Leaves Rice
Ingredients
- 1 cup rice
- 1/2 teaspoon tamarind
- 1 teaspoon gingelly oil
- salt to taste
To roast and grind
- 1 cup curry leaves
- 2 and 1/2 tablespoon coriander seeds
- 4 nos dry red chillies
- 2 tablespoon chana dal
- 1 tablespoon fried gram dal
- 1 tablespoon whole urad dal
- 1 teaspoon whole black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
- 1 teaspoon gingelly oil
To temper:
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 1 teaspoon ghee
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 7 nos cashews
Instructions
- Rinse curry leaves well and dry it completely and keep it ready.
- Take all the ingredients listed under 'To roast and grind' except tamarind and curry leaves.
- Add a teaspoon of oil and roast till golden brown.
- Then add curry leaves and saute for 3-4mins until the color starts to change. Add required salt. Switch off.
- Cool down, add tamarind and grind it to a coarse powder, set aside.
- In a tadka pan heat oil and ghee, add mustard seeds and hing, once it crackles add broken cashews ann fry till golden brown.
- Cook rice in the ratio 1:2.5 cups of water for 3-4 whistles in medium flame, cool down completely.
- Fluff the rice add gingelly oil.
- Now add the curry leaves powder and tempering, mix well.
- Serve Curry Leaves Rice hot / warm with papads.
Notes
- You can even make the curry leaves powder in bulk and store.
- The above measure will be perfect for 1 cup of rice, but if you have extra store in airtight container and use it as side dish for idli dosa, tastes great.
- Add gingelly oil to fluff the rice, gives great flavour.
- Sauté curry leaves just till it starts to color change that's enough. Cool down completely then powder it.
- Once powdered it may look wet after sometime, it will be ok.
Curry Leaves Rice Recipe Step by Step
- Rinse curry leaves well and dry it completely and keep it ready.Take all the ingredients listed under ‘To roast and grind’ except tamarind and curry leaves.
- Add a teaspoon of oil and roast till golden brown.Then add curry leaves and saute for 3-4mins until the color starts to change.Add required salt.Switch off.
- Cool down,add tamarind and grind it to a coarse powder,Set aside.In a tadka pan heat oil and ghee, add mustard seeds and hing, once it crackles add broken cashews ann fry till golden brown.
- Cook rice in the ratio 1:2.5 cups of water for 3-4 whistles in medium flame, cool down completely.Fluff the rice add gingelly oil.Now add the curry leaves powder and tempering, mix well.
Serve hot / warm with papads.
Expert Tips
- You can even make the curry leaves powder in bulk and store.
- The above measure will be perfect for 1 cup of rice, but if you have extra store in airtight container and use it as sidedish for idli dosa, tastes great.
- Add gingelly oil to fluff the rice, gives great flavour.
- Saute curry leaves just till it starts to color change thats enough.Cool down completely then powder it.Once powdered it may look wet after sometime, it will be ok.
Divs
i love this vareity rice. the garnish with cashew along with the fryums looks so inviting.
Mythreyi
I can smell the wonderful aroma of this rice from here, very nicely prepared!
Nivedhanams Sowmya
so flavorful and so aromatic…
Meenal Ramanathan
Can we store at room temperature
SHARMILEE J
The powder stays good in room temperature for 3-5 days after that I recommend to refrigerate it
leena patel
Normally when we cook rice we take 1 cup rice 2 cups water.any particular reason for taking more water
SHARMILEE J
Nothing in specific my new cooker takes a little more water than usual 🙂
Krishnaveni Raju
Healthy….
Krishnaveni Raju
Healthy…
Unknown
Good and Healthy recipe. Came out very tasty and my kids too loved the rice. Thankyou Sharmi
Esther
When powdered and stored, what will be the measurement, please?
Sharmilee J
You can use the same measurement and use it