CURRY-CORIANDER LEAVES RICE, how to make rice with cilantro and curry leaves

Curry leaves and coriander leaves both clubbed together, make this extremely tasty rice!!! We have to make the powder and store in the refrigerator, so it's very very easy, we can make this rice anytime.

Ingredients for the Curry-Coriander leaves powder

Curry leaves - 1 cup, heaped, washed and cleaned

Coriander leaves - 1 cup, heaped, washed and cleaned

Broken urad dhal - 2 tsps

Ajwain/Carom seeds - 1 tsp

Pepper - 1/2 tsp

Jeera - 1 tsp

 Red chillies - 3

Salt to taste

Cooking oil - 1/2 tsp

For seasoning

Gingely oil - 2tsps

Hing powder - 1/4 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1tsp

Broken urad dhal - 1 1/2 tsps

Channa dhal - 1 tsp

Cooked rice from 1 cup of rice

Recipe cuisine: South Indian; Category: Lunch/dinner

Prep time: 10 mts; Cooking time: for the rice - 30 mts

Serves 2-3

Wash the coriander and curry leaves

Drain water completely, squeeze out excess water and put in a microwave safe bowl

Microwave for 30-40 seconds, pause, then microwave again, till....the leaves become totally dry and shrunk like this...

In a kadai, add 1/2 tsp oil, and all the ingredients for powdering, except the curry and coriander leaves

Golden in color

Now add the microwave-dried leaves

and roast for 2-3 minutes

Allow some time to cool down, then powder in  a blender and store in the fridge in an airtight container

Add this powder as required to the cooked and cooled rice, mix gently and serve with any raita of your choice.

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Categories: Healthy Cooking, Rice Varieties