| Ingredients: Curry Leaves : 1Cup Dried Red Chillies : 10 Coriander seeds : 1tsp Jeera : 1tsp Garlic : 5slice Tamarind : 1 lemon sized Refined Oil : 2tsp Salt to taste Method: First dry roast Curry Leaves on a low flame in a Kadai till it becomes crisp ,then set aside. Then heat 1tsp oil and fry Red Chillies until lightly browned,then set side. Now heat another 1tsp oil & fry Coriander seeds,Jeera,Garlic on a low flame until lighty browned. Grind all the ingredients together with Tamarind & Salt to a fine powder. Store in a air-tight container. Tasty and nutritious powder for hair growth. Some Facts about Curry Leaves: Appearance: Small, green leaves. Flavour/Aroma : Musky nutty and lemon. It has been used in ayurvedic and unani prescriptions. Besides its medicinal value,leaves are packed with minerals, vitamins A and B, and rich sources of carbohydrates, proteins, amino acids, alkloids. Its bark are acrid, cooling, alexcteric, anathematic and analgesic and they cure piles, allay heat of the body and are useful in leucoderma and blood disorders, according to scientists at the horticulture division of the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Dharward.Fresh leaves yield a volatile oil on steam distillation, which is used as fixative for heavy type perfumes. Regards Rashmi! |
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