Karuveppilai Podi/ Spicy Curry Leaves Powder

Curry leaves have a lot of medicinal properties. They help in easy digestion and regular intake also promotes hair growth.
In south India, we use a lot of curry leaves in our daily cooking. But, if you take a close look at all the plates after the meal, there will be at least 3-5 curry leaves in each plate, i.e. people waste the curry leaves.
Somehow I feel that Grandmothers always had an answer for these kinds of issues…and that’s why they used to make recipes like Karuveppilai podi/ Spicy Curry Leaves Powder so that everyone at home gets the benefit of curry leaves.
Ingredients

Curry Leaves - 3 large cups

Channa Dhal - 2 tablespoon

Urad Dhal - 3 tablespoon

Dhaniya / Corriander Seeds - 3 tablespoon

Red Chillies - 10

Pepper -1/4 tablespoon

Salt - to taste

Procedure

1. Dry roast curry leaves till they turn light brown.

2. Dry roast the other ingredients and grind this along with the curry leaves into a coarse powder.

3. Serve it with hot rice and ghee. You can also mix this Spicy Curry leaves powder with Til oil and serve it with Dosa or Idly.