Name: Curry leaves curry recipe by Priya Aravind at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: To grind; Channa dal - 2 tsp; Toor dal - 2 tsp; Cumin - 1 tsp; Fennel - 1 tsp; Pepper - 1 tsp; Curry leaves - 1 to 2 cups; Coconut - 2 heaped spoons; Gingely oil - 1 tsp; To temper; Mustard seeds - 1 tsp; Fennel - 1tsp; Cumin - 1 tsp; Fenugreek seeds - 1tsp; Pepper - 1 tsp; Others; Shallots - 5 to 6 cut into halves; Garlic - 5 pods cut into halves; Gingely oil - 2 tbsp; Tamarind pulp - 1/4 cup; Jaggery - 1 tsp optional; Sambar powder - 2 tbsp

Ingredients Serving: 4

To grind
Channa dal - 2 tsp
Toor dal - 2 tsp
Cumin - 1 tsp
Fennel - 1 tsp
Pepper - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - 1 to 2 cups
Coconut - 2 heaped spoons
Gingely oil - 1 tsp
To temper
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Fennel - 1tsp
Cumin - 1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds - 1tsp
Pepper - 1 tsp
Others
Shallots - 5 to 6 cut into halves
Garlic - 5 pods cut into halves
Gingely oil - 2 tbsp
Tamarind pulp - 1/4 cup
Jaggery - 1 tsp optional
Sambar powder - 2 tbsp

Instructions

Take kadai. Add oil. Add the items given under " to grind" one by one. Saute till the coconut turns it's colour. Cool it and grind into a paste
Now take the kadai, add oil and temper it with the items given under "to temper". After they crackle, add shallots and garlic.
Saute for 2 minutes and add the grinded paste and saute well.
After 2 minutes, add the jaggery and sambar powder.
Mix them well and add the tamarind pulp and salt to taste.
Mix them well and saute for 2 minutes in sim. Now add enough water, so that the curry is watery.
Allow it boil in sim for 5 to 7 minutes. Then the curry is ready.
This curry tastes best when prepared in mud pot. Otherwise kadai is fine.
Instead of sambar powder, you can add chilli powder and coriander powder in equal proportion.

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