A few days back one of my friends made this karuveppilai thokku and when she visited me on the same day she packed a little for me. It tasted awesome with plain rice and with Curd Rice too. Also, this thokku goes well with dosa and chapati too. If you are looking for some pickle or thokku recipes for long travel, then this curry leaves thokku is a perfect one. As usual, I noted down the recipe and tried it the very next day. It turned out like the same thokku that she has given me. As curry leaves are loaded with nutrients let’s make this and store this in the refrigerator and use it whenever needed. Check out Curry leaves pulao, curry leaves paruppu podi, Karuveppilai chutney, South Indian style curry leaves rice, and Andhra style coriander leaves pickle Also, check out How to store curry leaves
Soak a small lemon sized tamarind in hot water for 10 minutes and extract ¾ cup of tamarind water.
In a pan add red chilies, chana dal, coriander seeds, and methi seeds and roast this for 2 minutes in medium flame.
Now add the curry leaves to this. Ensure the leaves are washed and pat dried. No moisture should be there in the leaves.Saute this in a medium flame till the leaves turn a little crispy. Also, ensure that the leaves won’t turn black.Once done, switch off the flame.
Add half salt and asafoetida to this.Let this rest in the pan for 5 minutes.
Transfer this to a mixie jar and pulse this to a fine powder.
In a pan add 2 tbsp of sesame oil and add the mustard seeds.Once it splutters, lower the flame and add the tamarind extract.Add salt and turmeric powder to this. Remember we added little salt while making the curry leaves powder too.
Now add the ground powder to this tamarind water.Mix well without any lumps and start cooking this on a lower flame.
To avoid spluttering cover this and cook for 15 minutes.Keep stirring in between.
Now add the jaggery to this and mix well.
Add the remaining 2 tbsp sesame oil to this and mix well.Switch off the flame.
Cool this completely and transfer this to a clean jar.Karuveppilai thokku is ready. You can serve this with rice, idli, dosa, and chapati too.
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