Thursday, September 18, 2008
CORIANDER THOKKU / KOTHAMALLI THOKKU
This can be called as coriander leaves powder and you can make this and keep in fridge and use it for 15-20 days.Its very yummy and delicious! Hope you all too like this!
(Pictures updated)
Ingredients:
| Coriander leaves | 1 big bunch |
| Urad dal | 1/3 cup |
| Redchillies | 6-10 |
| Asafetida | 1/4 tsp |
| Tamarind | 1 small gooseberry sized |
| Salt | As needed |
Method:
- Wash coriander leaves and spread it in a news paper or kitchen towel to absorb the water in it.
- Remove the thick stems if you dont want,thin stems can be there.
- Roast urad dal,redchillies and asafetida together till urad dal turns golden brown.
- Cool down and first grind redchillies,tamarind,salt,asafetida into a coarse powder.
- Then add coriander leaves and give a few runs to grind little.
- 6.Lastly add the roast urad dal and grind to a coarse powder,taking care to not to grind into fine powder.
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7. The urad dal should be seen as shown below in the picture.
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Transfer to an air tight container and keep it in fridge.This thokku,we can take with rice by mixing this with sesame oil,or we can even have this as a side dish for Idly,Dosas!
I am happy to send this to Herb Mania : Coriander/Cilantro event hosted by Our Siri of Siri's Corner.The event originally started by Dee of Ammalu's Kitchen!
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22 Stars(comments):
Hi Raks Kitchen! The coriander podi looks yummy...healthy too...
Yumm i am imagining dipping into with a hot piece od dosa yummy
You have a lot of patience girl... guiding us step by step.
I will put u on my list to follow so I wont miss your yummy recipes.
Hey Rajeshwari, the thokku is new to me and looks fragrant! Here the coriander costs a fortune this season!
Looks very nice and flavourful.
thanks raji for the recipe..i was looking for a perfect recipe...
i love the flavour of coriander! yummy!!
looks lovely .. i havent tasted this one .. must be tasting yummy with steamed rice
Thokku looking yummy...I would love this with rice...thanks for sharing the wonderful recipe
Ooooh! I love it! beautiful description as usual. Looks so delicious.
Good one yaar! Loved the podi :) esp color!
The coriander podi looks fabuluous.I am sure it must be very very tasty...
I am adding U in my blogroll.
I didn't know u made this for Herb Mania Raks..was just about to suggest to send..guess u forgot to email me..:).. no probs will take the details from ur post! the thokku looks yummo! Thanks dearie..:)
Hugs,
Siri
hi this looks really amazing, lovely step by step tutorial, will definitely try it out.
hey, am going to try this tmmrw, will tell you how it turned out :-)
Oh that must be so flavorful & fragrant Raks...
This is my all time favorite podi. Usually my grandmother makes it for me, so I have not at all tried making this. I'm going to try this one very soon.
Hey Raj, how r u? :)
Have never seen this , so bookmarking!
hi, made the thokku as accompaniment to my palak dosas yesterday night. turned out real yummy! I was a little apprehensive that the corinader leaves might make it wet..but it came out beautiful. loved teh flavour. thank u dear :-)
Thankyou dershana and Vijaya-dailymeals to try i out and giving me the feedback!
The new clicks looks sooooooo inviting :) Wish to make some now. But I have only little bunch of these fellows :(
hey raks... ur site is simply awesome :) i started viewing this a couple of days back.. and you stolen my heart with your items :) the specialty of your site is , we just feels like trying it out atleast once.. the way you have explained and shown is so nice.. :) today i tried your kothamalli thokku :) it came so nice and tasty :) thanks raks... keep going.. :) all the best :)
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