Posted on 19 June 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
- Radish – 2 Nos Medium size
- Green Chillies – 3 to 4 Nos
- Bengal Gram Dhal – 2 tablespoons
- Asafotida – A small pea size
- Tamarind – A small gooseberry size
- Coriander and curry leaves – few
- Oil – 1 to 2 teaspoons
- Salt – ½ teaspoon or as per taste
Method:
- Remove the skin from the radish and cut it into medium size pieces.
- Put one or two teaspoon oil in a kadai and fry asafotida and dhal till it become light brown.
- Add green chillies, tamarind and fry for a while.
- Finally add radish pieces along with few coriander and curry leaves for one minute.
- Cool it. Add salt and grind it to a fine paste.
Posted on 18 June 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
- Onion – 2 sliced
- Tomato – 2 chopped
- Ginger – 1 inch piece
- Garlic – 2 or 3 flakes
- Red chillies – 2
- Green chillies – 2
- Tamarind paste – 1 tbsp
- Salt – to taste
- Oil – 6 tsp
Seasoning:
- Mustard seeds – ½ tsp
- Urad dal – ½ tsp
- Curry leaves – 6
Method:
- Take a pan and heat with 4 tsp of oil.
- Add all the ingredients (except seasoning ingredients) and sauté for few mins.
- Sauté till the tomatoes become soft and onion turns into light brown colour.
- Remove from heat and allow it to cool for some time.
- Then add the sautéed ingredients in a mixer grinder.
- Grind to a fine paste or your desired consistency without adding any water.
- Take another pan add 2 tsp of oil and heat.
- Add mustard seeds and urad dal.When they start to crackle add curry leaves.
- Add this to the chutney and mix well and adjust salt.Onion tomato chutney is ready.
Posted on 18 June 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
- Coriander – 1 bunch (chopped and washed)
- Fresh coconut – ½ cup (grated)
- Green chillies – 5 or to taste
- Ginger – ½ inch
- Tamarind paste – 1 tsp
- Oil – 2 tsp7. Salt – to taste
For seasoning:
- Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
- Urad dal – ¼ tsp
- Curry leaves – 44. Oil – 1 tsp
Method:
- Take a pan and heat with 1 tsp of oil.
- Add chopped coriander leaves, green chillies and ginger.Sauté for few mins.Remove from the heat. Allow it to cool.
- Then grind with coconut, tamarind paste and salt.Grind to a fine paste.Remove from mixer jar and transfer into serving bowl.
- In the same pan add 1 tsp oil and heat.
- Add mustard seeds and urad dal.
- When they start to crackle add curry leaves.
- Add this to the chutney and mix well and adjust salt.
Posted on 18 June 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
- Onion- 1 (sliced)
- Red Chilli – 10-15nos
- Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
- Tamarind paste – 1 tsp
- Salt – to taste
Method:
- Add all ingredients in a mixer jar.
- Grind to a fine paste without adding any water.
- Transfer into serving bowl.
- Serve with idly, dosa, upma.
- With in 5 mins chilli chutney is ready.
- Easy to prepare.
Posted on 18 June 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
- 1 cup Green Mango slices with skin on
- 1 cup Fresh grated coconut
- 6 Green chillies (the hot small Thai chillies are the best)
- 1 tbsp thinly sliced shallots
- 1 tbsp fresh grated ginger
- Salt to taste
- Lime Juice to taste (optional if the mango is not sour enough)
Method:
- Grind all the ingredients in a spice grinder to form a smooth paste.
- Serve with hot rice.
Posted on 15 February 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
- 200 gms Tender Pirandai Cissus quadrangularis
- 8 nos Red Chillies
- Small Marble size Tamarind
- 2 tbsp Grated Coconut
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 2 tbsp Urad Dhal
- A sprig of Curry Leaves
- 2 pinch asafetida
- 2 no Garlic flakes
- 1 inch Ginger
Method:
- Clean Pirandai and cut into small pieces with out fiber.
- Heat 2 tsp oil and add mustard, urad dhal, red chillies, tamarind and asafetida and sauté for a few minutes.
- Add Pirandai and curry leaves and further sauté for a few minutes.
- Add garlic and ginger, add grated coconut and salt.
- Grind it into chutney when cool.
- Heat a little oil and add the chutney and fry until it is dry without water content.
- This goes well with Chappathis, Rice and Idli / Dosa.
Uses:
- Contains Calcium: ideal for children and women.
- Useful in Constipation and piles.Useful in fractures.