Recipe: at dinner Fried fenugreek leaves

Recipe: at dinner Fried fenugreek leaves Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Fried fenugreek leaves. A member of the pea family, dried Fenugreek leaves have a similar taste to crushed peas, yet with hints of herbal spice like fennel or celery flakes. It is often described as a cross between celery and maple. This is a deep fried snack and usually made during Diwali festival.

Learn how to dry methi leaves at home in this post.

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Kasoori methi is sun-dried fenugreek* leaves (Trigonella Foenum Graecum).

You can cook Fried fenugreek leaves using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Fried fenugreek leaves

1. You need bunch of fenugreek leaves , about 2 cups.

2. Prepare 1/2 cup of grated coconut.

3. You need 2 tsp of water.

4. You need 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.

5. You need 1 tsp of chili powder.

6. You need 1 tsp of cumin seed.

7. Prepare 2 clove of garlic.

8. Prepare 1 tsp of mustard seed.

9. You need 2 each of dry red chillies or green chillies.

10. Prepare 2 tsp of vegetable oil.

11. It’s 1 tsp of raw rice.

12. Prepare 1 of salt.

They are used in Indian cooking and taste similar to a combination of celery and fennel with a slightly bitter bite.

Typically the leaves are crumbled and sprinkled over meat and vegetable curries before serving.

Methi leaves or Fenugreek leaves (Shanbalileh in Farsi), are an essential ingredient in Middle Eastern as well as Indian and Pakistani cooking.

What is Kasuri Methi or Dried Fenugreek Leaves.

Fried fenugreek leaves step by step

1. Clean and soak leaves in water, then wash and finely cut them along with stalk..

2. Grind coconut with turmeric and chilli powder and cumin seed, garlic and salt.

3. Heat oil in a pan and fry rice, red chillies and mustard seed..

4. Add the leaves and coconut paste from step #2 and stir with 2 tsp water..

5. Close the lid to let it cook on steam..

6. Serve with rice or can be had as a salad..

Popularly used in the Indian subcontinent, Kasuri methi or dried fenugreek leaves is used to flavour many Indian dishes especially when it comes to making Indian curries.

It is the leaves of the fenugreek ('methi' in hindi) plant, sundried and stored for culinary use.

Aloo Methi is a dry curry made with potatoes & fenugreek leaves.

It is flavored with mild Indian spices.

Aloo Methi is quick and easy to cook and is a great comfort food.