Tamarind and spring onion chutney

Ingredients:

• Spring Onions - 10
• Ginger - 1 piece
• Green chillies - 3
• Tamarind pulp
• Black salt
• Salt

Method :

• Cut the green stems of the spring onions.
• Peel and have the bulbs.
• Blend chopped ginger,spring onion bulbs,green chillies,tamarind pulp,chopped green stems,black salt and salt to make the chutney.

Amla Chutney

Ingredients:

• Amla(boiled and diced) - 3/4 cup
• Coriander powder - 1 tsp
• Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
• A pinch of asafoetida
• Brahmi leaves - 4,5
• Salt to taste
• Oil - 1 tbsp

Method:

• Heat oil in a pan.Add half a tsp saunf powder.
• Add coriander powder,chilli powder,hing , salt and amla.
• Saute well.
• Cool the mixture and grind it well and serve.

Hari chutney(Coriander Chutney)

Ingredients:

• Coriander (cilantro) chopped-1 bunch
• Green chilies-3-4
• Small onion-1
• Juice of 1 lemon
• Sugar-3 tsp
• A pinch of amchur
• Garlic-2-3 flakes
• Salt To Taste
• Red chili powder to taste

To make coriander (cilantro) chutney :

• Mix and blend all ingredients thoroughly in a mixie to make a paste.
• Add little water if required.

Tamarind Chutney

Ingredients:

• Tamarind (Imli)-200gms
• Jaggery (Gur) grated-300gms
• Roasted cumin (Jeera) Powder-2 tsp
• Red chili powder-2 tsp
• Salt To Taste
• Black salt-1 tsp
• Garam masala-1 tsp

To make imli ki chutney (tamarind chutney):

• Add 5 cups of water to tamarind and bring to er the flame and cook for 10 minutes.
• Strain it and add the jaggery, chilli powder, cumin powder, salt, garam masala and mix well.
• Cook again on medium flame till jaggery dissolves completely and the chutney gets semi thick(not too thick)
• Take out the pulp from the tamarind mixture.This Chutney thickens more on cooling so check for consistency when using.

Mint Chutney

Ingredients:

• Fresh mint leaves-1 bunch
• Green chillies-2
• Tamarind pulp-1 tbsp
• Salt To Taste
• Water

To make mint (pudina) chutney :

• To make tamarind pulp soak little tamarind in water and keep aside for 2 hours.
• Then strain the mixture in a bowl with the help of a spoon. To make tamarind juice add little water to the pulp.
• Wash the mint leaves well.
• Grind it to a smooth paste with green chillies, salt and tamarind juice.
• You can add water if the mixture is thick.

Coconut chutney

This is a very common South Indian dish which serves as an accompaniment to an assortment of dishes from idlis and dosas to chitranna and vangibath.

Ingredients

• Fresh coconut(shredded)- 2 cups (or the coconut can be cut into thin slices)
• Mustard seeds-1tsp
• Urad dal-2tsp
• Channa dal-1 tsp
• Dry Red chilles-2
• Green Chilies-2
• Curry leaves 6-7
• A pinch of hing (asoefetida)
• Lemon juice-1tsp
• Half cup of coriander(chopped)
  
• Salt to taste
  
• Water
  
• Oil-1tbsp
  
  

Method

• Heat some oil and add mustard seeds.when they crackle, add the dals and the red chillies.now add green chillies ,curry leaves and chopped coriander .
  


• Add this to the coconut and blend into a smooth paste.Add salt to taste.Goes well with dosas, idli and plain rice.
• Water can be added depending on the consistency you want.