Curry Leaf Rice

Ingredients:

2 cups cooked White Rice

25-30 Curry leaves

2 green Chillies

3 tsp grated Coconut

Large grape sized Tamarind

Salt to taste

Pinch of Turmeric powder

1/2 tsp Red Chilly flakes(Crushed Red Chillies)

1/2 tsp Black Gram seeds

1/2 tsp Mustard seeds

2 tsp Butter

Recipe:

Cook rice and keep it aside.

Put curry leaves, green chillies, coconut and tamarind in a blender. Grind them to smooth paste.

Put butter in a thick bottomed vessel/pan and heat it. Add red chilly flakes, mustard seeds, black gram seeds. Once it starts spluttering, add ground curry leaves masala and salt. Fry them for about 4-5 mins in medium flame until all the water content gets evaporated.

Add cooked rice and mix well. Keep the curry leaf rice in low flame for about 1-2 mins. Serve hot along with any fried items or raitha. I tried this recipe from vahrehvah. Thanks Sanjay for this recipe.