Indoor air dried curry leaves and powder

Indoor air dried curry leaves and powder 

 Curry leaf is an essential ingredient in curry. Curry leaves are not merely a flavouring agent but are also packed with nutrition. They contain premature greying of hair. They also help in controlling cholesterol and blood sugar levels. They are a rich source of vitamins A, B, C, and B2, calcium, and iron.

Fresh Curry leaves

We normally use fresh curry leaves. When we are short of fresh curry leaves and in places where curry leaves are not readily available, dried curry leaves come handy. I wrote about drying curry leaves in the oven.

https://simplycookingandhealth.blogspot.com/2017/05/drying-curry-leaves-and-pandan-leaves.html 

Today I am going to show how to air dry curry leaves and make powdery.

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                     Indoor air dried curry leaves and powder 

Preparation time: 15 minutes
cooking time:0

Dry in a weeks time 

Indoor air dried curry 
leaves and powder 

1.Buy two to three bunches of curry leaves.
2. Strip the leaves.
3. Wash them.
4. Spread on a tea towel and pat dry.
5. Spread on a kitchen towel or news paper.
6. Leave it on the table indoors.
It will dry naturally in a weeks time depending on the temperature.

Curry leaves powder

7. If the leaves a fully dry they will crumble when you crush them with your fingers. 
8.Store in a bottle and keep aside.
9. use it as fresh leaves in curries. 
10 Put them in a  grinder and powder it.
Store in a bottle.you can use it in stews,soups or cutlets.


 Indoor air dried curry leaves and powder is ready.

                 Recipe follows in detail with pictures.

Preparation time: 15 minutes
cooking time:0
Dry in a weeks time 

Buy two to three bunch of curry leaves and strip the leaves. Wash the leaves and  spread on a long tea towel and wipe out the water.

Spread it on kitchen paper or news paper and leave on a table inside the house.It will dry naturally in one  weeks time depending on the temperature. If the leaves a fully dry they will crumble when you crush them with your fingers. If not, put them in a microwave for 10 seconds until they become brittle.

Stripped curry leaves drying on a paper

Store the leaves in a bottle and leave outside. in the kitchen. You can use anytime as needed.

Dried curry leaves in a bottle

Take some of the dried leaves and grind in the grinder to make the powder. 

Curry leaves powder

  Store in a bottle. You can use it for cutlets,stews, soups and in curries.

Curry leaves powder in a bottle

 I have also made pandan leaves ,lemon grass and moringa powders.

Home made moringa,lemon grass,pandan,and curry powders

Dried curry leaves and pandan leaves in bottles