I just love anything as rose, when Sweatha of Tasty curry leaf announced for Food in Colours event for this month as favourite colour theme, i dont want to come back with pink dishes, which i have hosted few months back as FIC-Pink, a fabulous event with huge success..After rose, my favourite goes to green colour, which is the colour of nature, its symbolizes growth, harmony, freshness and fertiliy, green has great healing power and its the most restful colour for human eye, which improves the vision..Dark green is associated with ambition, greed and jealousy while yellow green to sickness, cowardice, olive green is the traditional colour of peace..I love this pleasant colour and obviously my all green dishes of this month goes to
FIC-Favourite guest hosted by Sweath, event started by
Sunshinemom..Coming to this curry leaves rice, this is one of the most aromatic rice i prepare usually once i bought fresh curry leaves here..i can even say its one of our family's favourite..Curry leaves have loads of healthy stuffs and very much helpful for stimulating hair growth also its control diabetes if they are consumed continously for few months...to know more about curry leaves do check Mahima's
Beyond Cooking blog where she talk about curry leaves and their health benefits..
2cups Cooked Basmati Rice
20nos Raw Peanuts
1/4tsp Mustard seeds
1/4tsp Urad dal
Oil
Salt
To Roast and Grind:1cup Fresh Curry leaves
1tsp Channadal
1tsp Urad dal
1tsp Pepper corns
1/2tsp Cumin seeds
5nos Red chillies
1/2tsp Asafoetida powder
Heat few drops of oil and add channadal, urad dal, pepper corns, cumin seeds, redchillies and fry until the dals turns golden brown, add immediately the asafoetida powder followed by curryleaves and roast until the curry leaves turn crispy...keep aside and let hem cool, grind the roasted ingredients to a coarse powder..can conserve this curry leaves powder very well in an air tight box for months..
Heat a tsp of oil and add the mustard seeds, urad dal, raw peanuts and fry until the peanuts turns golden brown..add this tadka to cooked rice, springle few tsp of already prepared curry leaves powder and mix everything well..
Serve with papads and chips!!
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