Kothimeera Tomato Pachadi | Tomato Coriander Chutney

A very simple dish which goes well with Rice, Dosa or Idli. Lately when I visited a friend she made this chutney for lunch. It was awesome.

Ingredients

2 Cups of sliced Tomatoes 

1 cup Coriander Leaves 

3 Red chili's

2 Garlic Pod

Salt  

1 Tbs Oil 

Heat a pan with oil ad add the above ingredients to it.Close the pan with a lid and allow them to cook well. Once they are done grind them to a smooth paste. Salt can be adjusted according to the taste. 

Minumula Chintapandu Pachadi | Urad Dal Chutney with Tamarind

This chutney is a nellore delicacy with lots of tangy & crunchy taste to it. It's a very delicious chutney you will fall in love automatically. 
I first tasted & learned this recipe from my MIL. When I moved to Korea I was on my own experimenting in cooking. I failed many times in getting the perfection for this recipe. As they say " Try,Try & Try Till You Achieve" & atlast I did.
My hubby Loves this recipe so I make sure that I make it perfectly as he likes :) 

Ingredients

3/4 cup of urad dal (Minapappu)

3/4 cup of tamarind

Seasoning

6 Red chilli

1 tbs dhania
1 tsp mustard 
1/2 tsp methi seeds

1 tbs oil

Hing ( Asafoetida )

Salt for taste

To start with clean tamarind & soak it in water.

Heat pan with oil & add mustard once they start jumping add red chili ,methi seeds, dhania & hing to it.Remove it from pan & allow it to cool.In the same pan add urad dal and fry them till they turn light brown or till the nice aroma touches your nose.
Grind the seasoning first then comes tamarind & salt turn. After grinding then add urad dal to mixie. Just use pulse button to break the urad dal as shown in the picture as the chutney should be crunchy. (Don't grind it to paste)
 

Out come:  Serve with hot rice with a dollop of ghee. It tastes delicious. 

Pesaravakayi ( Moong Dal Mango Pickle)

Thank you Viji ( My Cooking Experiments ) for these awards. I'm very excited to share

Source : Grand Mother

Ingredients

2 Cups of Grated Mango

1/2 Cup Moong Dal

1/4 Cup of Red Chili Powder

1/4 Cup of Salt

1/2 Cup Oil

How to make ????

1. Heat a pan add Moog Dal and dry fry them till they turn light brown. (Will get a nice aroma when it is done). Grind it to rough powder or fine powder as you wish.

2. Now take a bowl add Grated Mango, Moong Dal Powder, Red Chili Powder and Salt. Mix them and add the oil. Keep it aside for 1hr before serving so the pickle sets well.

* Serve with hot Rice and Ghee.

* You can use Mango pieces on behalf of Grated Mango.

Tomato Pachadi | Tomato Chutney

Ingredients

4 Tomatoes

3 Tbs chili powder

2 Tbs methi powder
Salt 

Seasoning

1 Tbs oil

1 Tbs of mustard seeds

1 Tbs urad dal

1 Tbs channa dal

2 Red chili's

Pinch Hing

1. Heat a pan with 2 Tbs of Oil and add chopped tomatoes to it and fry them till they are cooked softly .

2. Once they are cooked allow tomatoes to cool for little time.

3. Now add Chili Powder, Mustard Powder & Salt to it.

4. Mix the oil with the chutney and keep it aside.

5. Take pan add oil to it and add the seasoning to it and once mustard starts spluttering add hing and add the seasoning to the chutney.

* Serve with hot rice

* You can change Mustard powder, Chili powder & Salt according to the taste.