Coriander leaf chutney

Ingredients:

Coriander leaves - 1 bunch
Garlic - 2 nos
Green chilli - 3 nos - can also use red chilli
Coconut - 2 tsp
Tamarind paste - 1/4 tsp or 1/2lemon size
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Urad dal - 1/4 tsp
Hing - A pinch
Oil - 1 tsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp or as per need.
Curry leaves - few






Method:

1. Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan, fry coriander leaves and keep it aside.
2. In the same pan, add coconut, garlic and green chilli and fry until you get the nice aroma of coconut oil.
3. Let every thing cool for some time and grind everything together finely with tamarind and salt.
4. Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan, splutter mustard seeds, add urad dal, hing and curry leaves.
5. Add this to the ground paste and mix well. Add more salt if needed.

Note:

Same way you can also prepare mint chutney, curryleaf chutney, toor dal chutney, mint-coriander leaf chutney.

Brinjal Curry

Ingredients:

Brinjal - 4 nos - cut it length wise
Onion - 1 - cut into pieces
Tomato - 1 - chopped
Green chilli - 4 nos
Red chilli - 2 nos
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Hing - A pinch
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Oil - 2 tsp
Idly/dosai batter - 3 tsp - make it too thin by adding 7 tsp of water
Curry leaves - few
Coriander leaves - few - chopped

Method:

1. In a pressure pan or a vessel add brinjal, green chilli, onion, tomato, 1/2 tsp cumin seeds, turmeric powder, salt and add 1 and a 1/2 cups of water and cook well.
2. Drain the water, and smash the cooked brinjal and other stuff in a blender/mixi/ladle.
3. In a pan heat oil, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds. Wait until splutters, then add red chilli and curry leaves and add the drained water.
4. Add the smashed mixture and mix well. Add hing and excess salt if needed.
5. Let it boil for 5 mins. Now add the idly/dosai batter, which is mixed well and made thin by adding 7 tsp of water.
6. Stir the curry well while adding the batter, other wise batter will boil and remain as solid particles.
7. Stir for some time and leave it for 4 min. Finally and coriander leaves and finish.


Note:

Another variety of side dish for idly, and dosai. Instead of making the same chutney's, try different varieties....Very healthy food too.....

Idly Sambar

Ingredients:

Toor dal - 2 hands full or 1/4 cup
Brinjal - 2 nos
Potato - 1 nos
Carrot - 1 nos
Beans - 10 nos
Cabbage - 1/4 part or 2 hands full
Onion - 1 - chopped
Tomato - 2 - chopped
Green chilli - 4 nos
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp(boil) + 1/2 tsp(seasoning)
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Chilli powder - 1/4 tsp or as per need
Sambar powder - 3/4 tsp or as per need
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
Hing - A pinch
Red chilli - 2 nos
Salt - 1/2 tsp or as per need
Oil - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - few
Coriander leaves - a hand ful

Method:

1. Cut all the vegetables of any size, add them with toor dal.
2. Along with that add onion, tomato, green chilli, turmeric powder, cumin seeds and add 2 cups or more water and boil them in a pressure cooker.
3. Let it for 6 whistle or one more, so that all vegetables, dal are cooked well.
4. Let it cool, until the pressure gets down. Then drain water and smash them all together.
5. Heat oil in a pan, splutter mustard seeds, cumin seeds and add red chilli and then add the drained water and the smashed mixture.
6. Add chilli powder, sambar powder(USE MTR), hing, and salt and let it boil for another 5 mins. Add curry leaves and coriander leaves.

Note:

You can smell nice aroma now and feel like having it immediately. Do not add more toor dal. You can choose vegetable of your choice, but don't choose vegetables that have more water content. In south india, this type of sambar is very special in all restaurants and in wedding parties. This matches idly, dosai, uthappam, uppma, and milagu pongal.