Toordal Chutney

My mom makes this chutney during functions at our home. Toordal chutney is good with hot rice with ghee or can be used as side dish with main items like dal/sambar or even curd.

Ingredients:

1. Toordal (1 small cup)
2. Dry coconut
3. Dhania seeds (one table spoon)
4. Methi seeds (1/2 table spoon)
5. Mustard seeds (1/4 table soon)
6. Red chilly powder
7. Sugar/Jaggery
8. Salt
9. Tamarind

Procedure:

1. Fry Toordal in little Oil, till it gives nice flavour (or till 10 mins in medium flame)
2. Roast Dry coconut pieces for about 5-10 mins
3. Fry Mustard, Methi and dhania seeds in little oil fo about 5 mins.
   
4. Add all the above into a mixer along with tamarind, sugar, salt, chilly powder, water and grind it nicely. Check for the consistency and add water if needed.
   
5. Once grinding is done, transfer the content to a bowl and mix with regular tempering (with Mustard seeds,hing, red chillies, curry leaves etc)
   

I like this with hot rice with Ghee :) try it...

Groundnut Chutney

Its 7:45AM here, my taste buds are craving for Rava Dosa (check rava dosa recipe in this blog) and my favourite compliment witht rava dosa is Groundnut/peanut chutney, I borrowed this recipe from my mom :). Very very simple and perfect for all kinds of dosas/idle/vada , so lets start.

Ingredients:

1. Groundnuts (1 cup)
2. Green Chillies
3. Salt
4. Jaggery/Sugar
5. Tamarind
6. Mustard seeds/curry leaves/Hing/Red chillies (for tempering)

Procedure:

1. Roast Ground nuts on medium flame
2. Fry Green chillies in little oil.
3. Add roasted groundnuts, fried chillies, little tamarind, salt to your taste, little jaggery/Sugar into a mixer.
   
4. Add water (1/2 cup) and nicely grind the ingredients. Check regularly for the consistency and add water if necessary.
   
5. Once grinding is done, transfer the content into a bowl and add tampering with mustard seeds/Hing/red chillies etc.
   

Groundnut chutney is ready, so simple isn't it.

Gongura pachhadi

Gongura itself is very famous in Andhra Pradesh and especially Gongura pachadi(pickle) has a very special place. It is one of my favourite and especially my mom made gongura pachadi is one of the best of its kind. This time surprisingly Gongura leaves were available in Indian stores, the moment i saw the leaves, my mouth started watering......so lets start.

Ingredients:

Methi seeds
Dhaniya seeds
Sesame seeds
Chilly powder
Salt
Hing
Nicely chopped onions
Gongura leaves

Procedure:

1. Roast white Seseme seeds (without oil) till it turns into brown color(don't burn it :)). 
2. Fry methi seeds, hing and dhaniya seeds in little oil for 2-3 mins. 
3. Put roasted sesame seeds, fried methi/dhaniya mix into Mixer along with chilly powder and salt. Grind it nicely.
4. Fry gongura leaves with oil till all the green color turns into brown and add this to the mixer and grind it properly (don't add water and don't grind it very nicely like a paste). Keep the mix aside in a bowl.
5. Fry finely chopped onions in a pan till it turns into translucent, mix with the above mixture and we are done. 

Serve with hot rice and it is mouth watering :) Gongura thota kaada kaaapu kaasaa .... :)