Next on list in the post partum diet series is this simple Curry leaf powder. The first few weeks after I truely survived only in this powder & Angaya Podi.. Its less spicy & light for your tummy. There are days when I cant leave Aadhu alone for 10 minutes so I hardly couldnt make any elaborate dishes. I will pressure cook rice and some how will just do a stirfry of veggies or prepare a koottu. I will then mix hot white rice with this karuvepilai podi, add a generous dose of ghee and then eat it with a pappad or sometimes a simple raita would do.
You can also use this podi as a side dish to idli & dosai..I have used less dried red chilles. However if you would like the podi really spicy then add 4-6 extra chillies. Make sure to use clean dry spoon for long shelf life. I have seen people adding garlic too, but i feel garlic overpower curry leaves’ flavour & aroma. So i avoid adding garlic. This is my mother’s recipE.
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- 2 Cups Curry Leaves
- 2 tbsp urad dal
- 2 tbsp toor dal
- 4 Dried Red Chillies
- 1 tbsp jeera
- 1/2 tbsp black pepper
- 1 tbsp Coriander Seeds
- 1/2 tsp hing/Asafetida
- 1/2 tbsp salt
Ingredients
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- Dry roast curry leaves in a frying pan. Keep it aside
- In the same pan dry roast toor dal & urad dal until they are golden brown. Keep the flame low so that the daal dont turn black
- Then add dried red chillies,jeera, pepper & coriander seeds
- Saute for 5-6 minutes until all the other ingredients are roasted
- Add hing & 1/2 tbsp salt
- Grind the daal mixture first for few seconds
- Add curry leaves later & then grind everything together
- This can be served with hot rice as shown below. Along with it i have served milagu kuzhambu, koottu and pachadi. This is such a healthy postpartum diet
- Just chop idli into pieces. Heat oil in a pan
- Add mustard seeds,urad dal. Let it splutter
- Add the idlies, 2 tbsp curry leaf powder and a tbsp of oil
- Toss everything together