Mom's Recipies

 

This Spicy Peanut chutney is very easy to make .This chutney tastes great as we grind the tempering here and mix it with peanut garlic paste. It tastes great with Idlis , Dosas and Upma.

Adapted from ~ VahRehVah



Ingredients :-

Peanuts / groundnuts (roasted) - 1 cup /150 gms
Garlic - 5
Chilly powder - 1½ tbsp
Tamarind juice - ¼ cup
salt to taste
water - 1/2 cup

For poppu/tadka/seasoning:
Mustard seeds - ¼ tsp
Cumin seeds - ¼ tsp
Urad daal - 2 tbsp
Curry leaves - 2 sprigs
Oil-2 tbsp
Hing - A pinch

 
Method:-



Heat oil in a pan on medium flame .Add crushed garlic cook till it is slightly fried.Add roasted peanuts slightly fry.Add red chilly powder and switch off the flame.Then add tamarind juice, salt, mix this all together. Put it into the blender and make a paste. You have to add lot of water for grinding because peanuts when we make paste it really get thick.We have to make chutney into a pouring consistency.

For tempering heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, when mustard seeds splutter,reduce the flame.Add cumin seeds, Urad dal,hing, curry leaves and cook on slow flame.Roast this till Urad dal is golden in colour.Let it cool down put it into the blender make a coarse powder.

Take a bowl add peanuts garlic paste and add the tempering mixture, mix it well.

Spicy fiery Peanut Chutney is ready.

Serve this with Idli , Dosa , Upma.

 Tomato Mint Chutney is a simple and delicious Chutney.It goes well with Dosas and Idlis. Due to its tangy  and minty taste children likes to have this.

Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Yields ~ 2 cups


 Ingredients :-

2 Large ripe tomatoes, chopped
1 cup of fresh mint leaves, chopped
2 medium-sized onions, chopped
3 Garlic Cloves ,chopped
1/4 cup roasted gram dal /Dalva
5-7 dry red chillies or green chillies
1 marble sized ball of tamarind  (soak in little water)
1/4 tsp of asafoetida / hing
1 tbsp of oil
1/4 tsp of mustard seeds
1/2 tsp of urad dal
Salt to taste

Method:-

1. Heat oil in a pan add the urad dal and red chillies and saute for few seconds until golden brown.
2. Then add the onions and garlic and when they turn golden brown (about 4-5 mins), add chopped tomatoes. Stir well and cook for another 5-6 mins until the tomatoes turn soft.
3. Then add the chopped mint leaves and cook for 2-3 mins until the leaves wilt and soften.
4. Then, add the roasted gram dal and salt.
5. Mix well to combine all the ingredients together and remove from fire.
6. Cool and grind adding the tamarind and little water.
7. In the same pan, add few more drops of oil and saute the mustard seeds when mustard seeds pop then add hing and turn off the flame.
8. Add the grounded chutney to this tempering and mix well.
9. A delicious, simple chutney that's bursting with mint flavor is now ready !!!
10. Serve with Rice, Dosas, Idlis and Rotis.

• For a variation in flavor, replace mint with coriander leaves .
• Adjust the amount of red chillies or green chillies as per your taste.

Onion Chutney


Here’s a recipe for a Chutney that is very easier to prepare. This is something I learned  from my mother-in-law.It serves as the perfect accompaniment to dosas.

Ingredients:-

1. In a shallow pan, heat the oil. Add the onions, stir fry them till they become transparent and the edges turn golden brown.
2. Turn off the heat and let them cool for a few minutes.
3. When cooled, blend together the onions, coconut, chilli Powder,salt,Fried gram dal till it makes a smooth paste.
4. Add a few teaspoons of water if necessary.
5. Serve with Hot Hot Dosas. 
6. This Spicy Onion can be applied while making dosas .