Ingredients:

Toor Dhal – 1 tsp

Channa Dhal – 2 tsp

Onion – 1 no small

Red Chili – 2

Green chili – 1 (if required)

Coconut – 1/4 cup

Tamarind – a small piece

Fried gram or pottu kadalai – 2 tsp

Salt – to taste

Seasoning:

Oil – 1 tsp

Mustard – 1/2 tsp

Urad Dhal – 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves

Method:

1. Take a tawa add 1/2 tsp oil and add all the ingredients and fry until golden brown.

2. Add coconut at the end before turning off the stove.

3. Leave it for few mins and grind to fine paste adding the fried gram. (Do not add pottu kadalai to the frying items)

4. Season it with the seasoning ingredients and serve with dosa or idli.

The taste was yummy. If needed you can also add urad dhal to the frying items and get it grinded.

Hope you try out and leave your comments.

Recipe contributed by Sumathi.

Ingredients:

Tomatoes – 2

Onions – 3

Red chilli – 3

Green chilli – 3

Small piece of coconut

Mustard – 1 tsp

Salt – to taste

Coriander leaves – for garnishing

Oil – 2-3 tsp

Method:

1. Cut tomatoes and onion into small pieces.

2. Heat oil, add mustard seeds.

3. Add onion, and a pinch of turmeric. Also add green and red chillies and the chopped tomato. Fry until golden brown.

4. Lastly add coconut and salt.

5. Let the fried ingredients to cool.

6. Grind them to a fine paste.

Garnish with coriander leaves.

Ingredients:

Pudhina -2 cups

Ginger – small piece

Green chilli – 2

Jaggery – a small piece

Salt – to taste

Thick tamarind juice – 3 tsp or lemon juice – 1 table spoon

Ingredients for hot n sweet mint chutney

Method:

1. Grind pudhina,ginger, green chilli, jaggery and salt to a fine paste.

2. Mix the lemon juice or tamarind juice to the green chutney and mix well.

Hot n Sweet Mint Chutney

This chutney will taste sweet and sour and goes well with stuffed chapaties and parathas.

Ingredients:

Roasted Groundnut – 1 cup

Red Chilli – 4 -5

Tamarind – a 2 inch piece

Garlic – 2

Oil – 1 tsp

Salt – to taste

Mustard – 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves – to garnish

Method:

1. Grind roasted groundnut, chilli, garlic and tamarind along with salt.

2. Heat oil in a tawa, add mustard and curry leaves and garnish over the grinded chutney.

Groundnut Chutney

Note: If you want, you can add coconut scrapings. Coconut has to be grinded along with the grinding ingredients.

This chutney can be served with idli and dosa.

Ingredients:

Dry red chilli – 50 gms

Onion – 50 gms

Gingley Oil – 1 tablespoon

Mustard – 1 tsp

Hot water – little

Salt – to taste

Method:

1. Take the red chilli and remove the seeds from them and soak in hot water for few mins.

2. Get them grinded along with chopped onions and little water.

3. Heat oil in a tawa and add mustard seeds and add the grinded paste to it.

4. Add salt and allow it for few mins and serve with dosa or idli.

Hot chilli chutney is ready.