Friday, 23 May 2014

PUCHAGINJALA (WATERMELON SEEDS) PODI...

i have grown up hearing the goodness and benefits of curry leaves like how healthy it is for eyes, and very importantly how healthy curry leaves are for hair. my granny keeps telling us to eat curry leaves to avoid hair fall, but it is very difficult to eat curry leaves. so my mom prepares these kind of podi's using curry leaves which are very healthy and tasty too.

since it is summer and we consume a lot of watermelon to beat the heat, my mom collects the seeds and dries them and stores them to make yummy recipes and she taught me this wonderful recipe using watermelon seeds and curry leaves which tastes awesome and of course healthy and most importantly easy and tasty way to add curry leaves in our daily diet...




TIME TAKEN: 15 – 20 MINS.

INGREDIENTS:

WATERMELON SEEDS (DRIED)
½ CUP
RED CHILI’S
15 – 20
CURRY LEAVES
½ CUP
CORIANDER SEEDS
1 TSP
CUMIN (JEERA) SEEDS
1 TSP
SALT
TO TASTE
GARLIC CLOVES
10

NOTE: I HAVE USED GRINDING STONE TO GRIND THE POWDER. THE SAME PROCEDURE CAN BE FOLLOWED USING MIXER GRINDER.

METHOD:

 Ø  Heat a tsp of oil in a kadai, add dried watermelon seeds and roast them for 3 – 5 mins and keep them aside.  Now add red chili ’s and roast them till crisp and add curry leaves and roast them also till crisp.


 Ø  Now add coriander seeds, roast them for a minute and add cumin seeds and roast them for a minute and off the gas.


 Ø  Now add salt and grind it into fine powder. Now add garlic cloves and grind them roughly and store it in an air tight container.


Serve it with hot rice, idly, etc.

SUGGESTIONS:

 ü  Can be stored for 15 days to 1 month.


 ü  More curry leaves can also be added as desired.

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