Tuesday, 23 June 2015

Nalla Karam (Powder)



Whatever tiffin it is , weather  dosa, iddli, upma, or vada we like to eat along with chutney and karapoddi. If you have no time to make chutney you can manage with karapoddi.  So better always store some varieties.  There are different types of karapoddies. One among them is Nalla Karam. We can store it for 3 to 4 months. But I prefer it for less than 2 months as its taste and flavor slowly looses.

Have a spoon of powder in the plate  along with dosa or any tiffin.  For better taste add 1/2tsp of melted ghee to the powder in the plate and eat.

You can eat along with hot rice and ghee also.  You can eat along curd rice also.

Ingredients:

- dry red chillies    20 -30
- coriander seeds    3tsp
- urad dal               2tsp
- bengal gram        2tsp
- jeera                    1/2tsp
- curry leaves         10
- tamarind              2 marbles size (approx)
- salt
- garlic                   10cloves(opt)
- oil                       2tsp

Procedure:

-heat a frying pan with oil. Fry the chillies on medium heat till they turns nearly black with continues stirring. Remove them into a plate.

- In the left over oil fry bengal gram. when its colour slightly changes add urad dal. When its colour also slightly changes add coriander seeds. Then add jeera and a little while add curry leaves. When all ingredients fry a nice aroma comes . Turn off the flame.

-When they are little warm along with fried chiilies grind them  into  half crush. Now add garlic cloves  and a marble size tamarind  and 2tsp of salt and grind again.

- We dont prefer fine powder. So taste it and if you feel  grind more.

- As per your taste add more tamarind and more salt.

-But at this time it must be little hot and sour as after 3 or 4 days their levels come down and salt taste come out. So add less salt. If necessary you can add after 3 or 4 days.

Tips:

- dont use tender curry leaves
- dont remove the  individual skin of garlic cloves. You can change the count of garlic cloves as per     your taste.
- after finishing grinding just add 1/4 tsp of salt and mix. Dont grind.

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