Wash the curry leaves and put them in a dry cloth for sometime. Separate the leaves.
Take a pan and dry roast the curry leaves until crisp.
Put the desiccated coconut and dry roast for two minutes.
Similarly, dry roast the urad dal.
Put a teaspoon of oil and roast the red chilly.
Put the tamarind in it. It will be crisp to grind.
Grind coconut and red chilly together. Then, add urad dal and curry leaves to it. Give a swirl. Then, add the salt, tamarind and jaggery to it. Grind to a slightly coarse powder.
Heat oil in a pan. Add asafoetida to it. Put the powdered mixture to it and mix well.
Curry leaf powder is ready to serve.
Notes
Serve it with hot steamed rice with a dollop of ghee at the beginning of the meal.