Curry Leaves Rice
Curry Leaves Rice is a nutritious and healthy one pot meal perfect to go for lunch and lunch box. Curry Leaves Rice is made by roasting curry leaves with spices to powder & then blend with rice. Curry Leaves Rice Recipe explained in this post with step by step pictures.
Servings2
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.
Nutrition Facts
Curry Leaves Rice
Amount Per Serving (250 g)
Calories 674
Calories from Fat 117
% Daily Value*
Fat 13g20%
Saturated Fat 2g13%
Trans Fat 0.03g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 6g
Cholesterol 6mg2%
Sodium 8mg0%
Potassium 252mg7%
Carbohydrates 118g39%
Fiber 17g71%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 21g42%
Vitamin A 8978IU180%
Vitamin C 4736mg5741%
Calcium 1066mg107%
Iron 4mg22%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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