Kandi Pachadi | Thuvaram Paruppu Thogyal | Toor Dal Chutney

As I mentioned in my previous post I'm stuck with arranging my house for In-Laws. All I want to do is make them feel comfortable in our house. I'm all most done & gearing up on making some recipes ahead to blog uninterruptedly. 
Today I wanted to share a Andhra delicacy "Kandi Pachadi"with you all. This chutney goes well with rice & dollop of ghee. I love it having as a side for roti & naan too.

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Ingredients 
1 Cup toordal 
Red chilli 4 or 5 ( Depending on your spice level)  
1 Tsp jeera seeds 
1 Tbs tamarind pulp 
1 Tbs oil
Salt 
Seasoning 
1 Tsp mustard 
1 Tsp jeera 
1 Red chilli
1 Tbs oil
Hing 
.....
Heat a pan with oil & add toordal, red chilli's, jeera. Fry them till toor dal slightly changes it color Remove from heat & cool them for some time. 
Grind fried ingredients along with tamarind & salt.Grind it coarsely by adding little water.
Heat a pan with oil & to that add mustard, jeera & red chilli's to it. Once mustard starts jumping add hing and switch off heat. 
Take chutney in a bowl & mix seasoning to it.Chutney is ready to serve. 

Note: 
1.You can add little more water while grinding chutney if it is too dry. 
2.Chutney can stay good for 3-4 days when refrigerated. 

Pudina Idli / Mint Idli

I thought of making some thing special for this republic day.. But you know I'm all time busy with cleaning & setting house for my In-Laws who are coming next month.This is a old post I made for Independence day & reposting it for republic day. 

Coming to recipe these Idli's are filled with flavor of pudina/mint in every bite. If you allow the batter to ferment a bit for one day it tastes even better. 

You can serve them for breakfast or dinner along with coconut or peanut chutney.

Ingredients

For Idli

11/2 of urad dal

3 cups of Idli rava

Salt

For Stuffing

1 Cup pudina finely chopped

2 green chili's

1 cup finely chopped onion

Carrot for garnishing (optional)

Soak urad dal overnight or attest for 6 hrs to 8 hrs. Soak the rava for 1hr.

Grind dal to a fine paste. Now squeeze water from rava and add to the batter. Now add salt to the batter and mix it well.

*** Allow the batter to ferment for 1 day to get better taste. You can make atleast 40 Idlis with this measurement. 

For Mint Idli  

  

Mix mint, onion & green chili's to the batter. 

Now greese idli plates with little ghee ( Idlis won't stick to the plate. They come out clean.) and fill plates ith batter.Garnish with carrot on top if you like.

Heat the idli cooker with 11/2 cup of water & place the idli plates inside. Close it with a lid. & allow it to cook for 20mins to 30 mins.

Switch of heat and allow it to cook. Now remove the idli's and serve them with Ghee. 

Out Come: Those Idli's were heavenly. 

Egg Shells

This pic goes to Susan's Black and White Wednesdays !