Thursday, July 19, 2018

Karvepaku or Karipatha pachadi/Curry leaf pickle


Karevepaku or curry leaves pickle is one of the most delicious pickles .It is not only delicious but aslo healthy too. The very first time I tasted this pickle was in West Godavari in my friend's house. I got the recipe from her.  Today I am going to show you how to make this pickle that I learned from her.


Ingredients
  • 1 cup full fresh curry leaves
  • 1 small lemon size tamarind
  • 1 pinch turmeric powder
  • 1/2 sp coriander seeds
  • 1/2 sp mustard seeds
  • 1/4 sp fenugreek seeds
  • 1/2 sp urad dal
  • 6 Red chillies
  • 8 garlic cloves 
  • 1 table spoon jaggery or sugar
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 sp Oil

Method

 Clean and soak tamarind in water and keep it aside.



Heat oil in a khadai then add methi, coriander seeds & red chillies. When the chillies start popping remove the mixture.


Then fry curry leaves in the same pan.


After letting it cool, grind all ingredients one after the other.  Startng with curry leaves then chillies after that coriander, fenugreek seeds and finally garlic.






Then grind all ingredients together along with jaggery, salt & tamarind pulp.



 

Heat the pan again and add oil, mustard seeds, urad dal and curry leafs.  Pour the heated mixture on the previously grinded ingredients.







  

 
   





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