jyotsna rao
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Friday, September 28, 2012
SPINACH LEAVES CHUTNEY
INGREDIENTS
PALAK (SPINACH) --------------ONE BUNDLE
RED CHILLIES WHOLE---------4
TAMARIND PASTE----------------2 TEASPOONS
TIL SEEDS (GINGELLY SEEDS)----2 TEASPOONS
FOR SEASONING
CHANNA DAAL--------------ONE TEASPOON
UDAD DAAL ------------------ONE TEASPOON
MUSTARD SEEDS------------ONE TSP
HING-------- JUST 2 PINCHES
SALT AS PER TASTE
METHOD
CLEAN AND WASH THE SPINACH LEAVES AND DRY THEM . THEN IN A PAN TAKE 2 SPOONFULS OF OIL AND FRY THESE LEAVES TILL THE MOISTURE HAS GONE. TAKE OUT THE LEAVES FROM THE PAN AND IN THE SAME OIL FRY ALL THE SAID SEASONING EXCEPT THE SALT . NOW GRIND ALL THE ROASTED AND FRIED ITEMS IN THE GRINDER ADDING TAMARIND AND SALT.
THIS GOES WELL WITH CHAPPATIES OR RICE
Friday, March 4, 2011
Green Apples Chutney
Ingredients:-
Green apples --------2
Mustard seeds -------1 tablespoon
Methi seeds-----------1/2 tablespoon
Haldi-------------------1/4 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Red chillies------------3
For tempering
udad daal-------------1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds--------1/2 tsp
Hing--------------------1 pinch
Kadi patta--------------1 sprig
Oil-----------------------2 tblspns
Method:-
Wash and DO NOT peel the apples and cut them into cubes
Roast the methi seeds to a brown color and grind it to fine powder
Grind the mustard seeds also
Now put the apple cubes, salt and haldi and grind it in the grinder
Add the powders in the ground apples
In a little oil fry the red chillies and grind it along with the cubed apples
For tempering
In a pan put the required amt of oil and add the udad dal, mustard seeds, and kadi patta with the pinch of hing
Add all this to the chutney
(This is a sweet -salt chutney)
Saturday, February 26, 2011
garlic chutney
Ingredients
Peanuts roasted---------one cup
Sesame (Til) seeds------1/2 cup
Dry dessicated coconut----1/2 cup
Red chillies-------------ten or as per taste
Salt as per taste
Garlic pods -------------15 or so
Sugar------------half a spoon
Method
In a grinder grind first the til seeds, then the peanuts, add the dessicated coconut, red chillies and lastly add the garlic pods.
Then add the salt and grind all of them together.
(This was made in my mother's house in Pune as it is a Maharashtrian dish)
Friday, February 25, 2011
Niluva Allam Pacchadi (ginger pickle)
Ingredients
Ginger --------100 gms
Jaggery--------100gms
Tamarind------100gms
Red chillies ----6-8
Oil (preferbly til oil)----half a cup
Methi seeds------one tabspn
Channa dal-------one tsp
Mustard seeds----one tsp
Hing------------1/4 tsp
salt as per taste
Method
wash, peel and cut the ginger into pieces
Soak the tamarind in a small quantity for some time till soft
Roast the methi seeds till light brown and grind them to a fine powder
Grate the jaggery
Now take the oil in a pan and fry the ginger till pink in color and keep it aside
Squeeze out the thick juice of the tamarind and keep it aside.
Fry the channadal and the red chillies
Now grind all these----ginger, tamarind paste, jaggery, red chillies and the channa dal to a fine paste
Add the methi seeds powder to it
Add salt
Tempering/tadka
In a litttle oil, fry the mustard seeds till they splutter , add hing to it and pour all that on to the prepared ginger paste
This is best eaten with hot rice or better still with idlis
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
RAW PAPAYA PICKLE
INGREDIENTS
One very raw papaya (papita...or...boppayakai)
3/4 cup of chilli powder
3/4 cup of salt
One cup of mustard powder
One tsp of haldi powder
One tablespoon of Methi powder
One cup of oil
1/4 spn of hing powder
A few red chillies (whole) for seasoning.
Two sprigs of curry leaves
One tsp of mustard seeds
METHOD
Cut the Papaya into small pieces
In a bowl put the chilli powder and then the mustard powder and salt. Then add haldi to it and mix all the powders thoroughly.
Put the cut papaya pieces in to this powder mixture and mix all
In a pan heat the oil and put the mustard seeds, add the curry leaves and the whole chillies. Lastly add the hing
Pour this seasoning on the papaya mixed with all the ingredients and store for a day and eat it.
One very raw papaya (papita...or...boppayakai)
3/4 cup of chilli powder
3/4 cup of salt
One cup of mustard powder
One tsp of haldi powder
One tablespoon of Methi powder
One cup of oil
1/4 spn of hing powder
A few red chillies (whole) for seasoning.
Two sprigs of curry leaves
One tsp of mustard seeds
METHOD
Cut the Papaya into small pieces
In a bowl put the chilli powder and then the mustard powder and salt. Then add haldi to it and mix all the powders thoroughly.
Put the cut papaya pieces in to this powder mixture and mix all
In a pan heat the oil and put the mustard seeds, add the curry leaves and the whole chillies. Lastly add the hing
Pour this seasoning on the papaya mixed with all the ingredients and store for a day and eat it.
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