Karipatha Powder/Curry Leaves Powder

Ingredients:

1. Karipath leaves - 1 big bowl full
2. Chanadal - 4 tbsps (roasted slightly)
3. Daniya seeds - 4t bsps (roasted slighty)
4. Udit dal - 2 tbsps (roasted slighty)
5. Jeera - 2 tbsps (roasted slighty)
6. Red chili - 4 to 5 (roasted slighty)
7. Garlic paste - 2 tbsps
8. Salt to taste
9. Cooking oil - 3 tbsps

Method:

1. Wash and dry karipatha (after washing, place the leaves in a dry thin cloth under the fan or in the sun)
2. Roast the leaves as shown till they become crispy.
3. Blend karipatha leaves into powder adding some salt in it.
4. Blend all the roasted ingredients as shown.
5. Mix together karipatha powder and roasted dals powder. Add salt if necessary.
6. In a pan, heat cooking oil and mix with the mixture above. Mix evenly.
7. Multi purpose karipatha powder is ready. Best with hot steamed rice with ghee, idly, dosa. And also very very good for health and hair.

Coconut Chutney

Ingredients:

1. Wet coconut - 1 cup (cut in to pieces)
2. Putanadal - more than ½ cup
3. Green chilli - 2 or 3
4. Garlic flakes - 3 to 4
5. Fresh coriander leaves and pudina leaves - ½ cup
6. Salt to taste

 Method:

1. Blend all the above ingredients to paste by adding ½ or more glass of water.
2. For tadka: Cooking oil - 1 tbsp, rai - 1 sp, jeera - 1 sp, udit dal - 1 sp and karipatha leaves 5 to 6
3. Heat oil and add all the above ingredients into it and fry for 2 mins.
4. Mix tadka with the blended coconut paste.
5. Tasty coconut chutney is ready to serve. Goes best with idly, dosa, appam, pesarettu.

Ridgeguard Skin Chutney

Ingredients:

1. Ridgeguard skin and little rigdeguard (as shown)
2. Cooking oil - 4 tbsps
3. Dry daniya = 2 sps
4. Jeera - 2 sps
5. Udtidal - 1 sp
6. Chanadal - 1 sp
7. Green chilli - 2 or 3 (as per ur taste)
8. Garlic flakes - 8 ot 9
9. Tamarind as shown

 Method:

• Heat 3 tbsps of oil in a pan. Add dry daniya, jeera, udtidal, chanadal, green chilli and garlic one after the other. Fry them till they are golden brown.
• Now add the skin of ridgeguard and 1 piece of ridge guard. Fry for 5 mins.
• Now blend the above mixture adding tamarind and salt.
• For tadka:  (this is optional)
• Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan. Add rai - ½ sp, jeera - ½ sp, red chilli dry - 1 or 2 and finally karipatha.
• Fry them for 2 mins . And add to the blended mixture.