Onion-Tomato Chutney

I suddenly wanted to have this chutney very badly yesterday night for  my oats dosas.. I wanted something sour and spicy to go with the dosas.. So here it goes..very simple and tasty..

You will need :

Onion - 1 large chopped (for this one time you don't have to chop finely :))

Tomatoes - 1 large chopped

Green chillies - 6-7 or to your spice level

Garlic pods - 3-4

Tamarind - lemon sized 

Mustard Seeds - 1tsp

Jeera - 2tsp

Urad Dal - 1tbsp

Salt

Oil

How you do it :

1. In a kadai heat oil and fry the mustard, urad dal, jeera, garlic pods and chilles.

2. Ad the onions and fry till they become translucent.

3. Add the tomatoes and tamarind and fry till they become soft.

4. Cool and grind.( you can grind coarsely or into a smooth paste)

Here you go

                 

It goes well with Dosas and Idlis :)

Simple Raitha

This is one very simple side dish for many varieties. 

Here's what you need :

Mix all of these well  :)

Curd (not too thick)

Onion - finely chopped

Pepper powder or green chillies (i like the pepper powder though:))

Cucumber - chopped (optional)

Tomato - chopped (optional)

Carrot scrapped

Cilantro finely chopped

Salt

Vellulli Avakaya/Garlic Pickle

Well i am like getting too addicted to garlic. So i thought i'll make some pickle out of it.So here it is.This recipe was provided by my cousin Roopa.Thanks to her :).It is pretty easy to make.And its tasty too :)


Ingredients :

Garlic - 150 grms(coarsely gring some pods and the other pods,slit by using the fork or knife)

Red Chilli Powder - 3 Tbs
Mustard seed powder - 3 Tbs

Fenugreek Powder (Dry Roast and powder) - 1 Tbs

Lemon/Lime - 1 juiced

Salt -2-3 Tbs or to taste

Sesame Oil - 6-7tbs (until the garlic soaks)


Here's how to do it :

1. Add Red chili powder ,Mustard seed powder  , Menthi/ Fenugreek Powder, salt, lime/ lemon juice mix well and the add the garlic pods. 

2. Add sesame oil until the garlic soaks.

3. Rest it for 4 days in a dry place and enjoy.

P.S  Donot use a steel container to store it.

Groundnut/Peanut Chutney

Well it s been so long since i had this groundnut chutney... one of my fav :) so i decided to make some today and have it with hot Semya Idlis. This one also is pretty easy to make.

The Ingredients :

Groundnuts - 1 cup

Green Chillies/Dry Red Chillies - 4 to 5 large ones

Tamarind - Lemon size ball soaked in water

Jeera - 1tsp

Dhaniya - 1tsp

Urad Dal - 1tsp

Curry Leaves

Cliantro (optional)

Salt

Oil

This is how you do it :

1. Fry all the ingredients on a medium flame.Don't burn it :)

2. Let them cool for sometime.

3. Add tamarind water and salt and grind them into a smooth paste.Add water if required.

And its done :)

It s finger-licking good when you have it with Dosa or Idlis 
Enjoy :)