Friday, October 5, 2012

Creole Cuisines of Puducherry

Hi Friends,

finally i thought of publishing my own invented recipes "The Creole Cuisines of Puducherry"- this recipes are gathered from many indo french families all around puducherry and JP has given me a free hand on doing these exercise and we have done a fantastic food festival on these recipes at "The Calve " - perhaps i have written these recipes in repos, women's weekly, the Hindu.......now that i want you all to experience the treasure, almost many leading hotels in puducherry copied my recipes and incorporated in their menu!!!! you can see that in Promenade, Le Duplex......



Creole Cuisines of puducherry


Pondicherry is familiar for its own seafood dishes, this Creole recipe is recollected from the 19th century and I have given fine touch to cook easily. The perfect blend of nungu and prawn has its exotic taste which you ever tasted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Try it out

Era Nungu Curry
Serves 2

Prawns (medium) – 200 gm peel the shell and slit
Nungu (kernel of Palmyra) – 5 no remove the skin and cut in to cubes preserve the juice
Split Cashews – 100 gm
Coriander seed – 1 tsp
Somph – ½ tsp
Turmeric (whole dried) – 1 no (10gm)
Coconut – ½ grate and take 1st 2nd 3rd extraction
Onion – 200 gm chop finely
Green chilly – 5 no slit
Coriander leaves – few chop
Curry leaves – few
Cinnamon stick – 2 no
Ghee – 3 tbsp
Salt – to taste

Method:

Soak turmeric, coriander seed, somph grind to fine paste.
Heat ghee; add curry leaves, cinnamon, green chilly and chopped onion. Fry till golden colour, add grind paste, and cook for 5 min till the ghee come out .now add prawns, nungu, slit cashews Cook for few minutes, then add coconut milk 3,2,1 respectively, and cook till the gravy thicken. Finish with coriander leaves and serve with baguette, appam and rice.

Manathakkali is the best ayurvedic herb, which is commonly said its cold to our immune system, there is lot of way we are cooking these leaves, here I have a given a excellent soup to beat the heat.

Manathakkali Saru
Serves 2
Manathakkali keerai (Black night shade leaves) – 1 bunch (peel the leaves)
Onion – ½ sliced, ½ chopped
Garlic – 2 pods chopped
Ghee – 1 tsp
Rice stock – 300 ml
Cumin - few
Salt

Method:

Boil the leaves with sliced onion, salt in rice stock. Grind it. Strain and grind to fine pate. Reserve the stock. In a sauce pan add ghee, garlic and cumin let the spices splutter. Add chopped onion sauté till golden colour. Now mix the grind ingredients, stock. Boil for few minute, Sprinkle salt and serve with baguette.


The typical pondicherry salad known by many of the indo French nationalities, the perfect mixture of brinjal and potato with the mango granule, has its own creamy and sour taste. those who are not tasted this delicious salad !!!!!!!!!!try it out

Brinjal Potato & Egg salad
Serves 2

Brinjal – 1 no boil peel the skin and mash
Potato - 2 no boil peel the skin and mash
Egg      - 1 no boil and chop
Raw mango – ¼ chop
Salt – to taste
Coriander leaves – few chopped for garnish

Method:

Mix mashed brinjal & potato mixture; add mangoes and sprinkle salt and garnish with coriander leaves. Add a dash of coconut milk to enrich the taste.



Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Road Side Treasures - "Aattu Kaal Soup"

Aattu Kaal Soup
 
Ingredients
 
1. Goat or Lamb' legs-6 nos.
2. Onion paste-2 tbsp
3. Tomato paste- 2 tsp
4. Ginger-garlic paste-1 tbsp
5. Coconut paste-2 tsp
6. Dhania powder-1 tsp
7. Garam masala-1 tsp
8. Red chilli powder-1 tsp
9. Turmeric powder-1 tsp
10. Mint leaves-1/2 (bunch finely chopped)
11. Lemon juice-2 tbsp
12. Salt-as per taste
13. Water -as much to immerse the legs
14. Oil-2-3 tsp
15. 3-4 Whole Green Chillies sauted in 1 tspn ghee or butter for garnishing.
16. Whole garam masala-2 Bay leaves, 2 Black cardamom, 2 cloves, 2 green
Cardamom, 1 med stick of cinnamon.
 
Method:
 
 
Clean and wash the legs. Cook it in the cooker by immersing the legs in the water, add 1/2 tsp of turmeric & salt cook it for 20-25 mins.
Take a pressure cooker pan heat oil in it on med-high flame, add whole garam masala (bay leaves, cinnamon & two types of cardamom & cloves) saute it for half a second, then add onion paste fry until light brown.
Add turmeric, chilli & dhania powders, ginger-garlic paste saute it for 1 min, then add coconut paste saute it for 2-3 secs stir continuously, now add legs (cooked & reserving the liquid) & tomato paste fry for 1 min add the liquid, salt & allow it to cook for 1-2 whistle until tender.
Remove the lid and stir in mint leaves, garam masala powder, lemon juice see the consistency should be of soup. Chek the salt. Finally garish it with sauted green chillies in ghee or butter.
Serve hot pipping soup with Aappams, Iddiappams, home made Naans or Malabar Parathas. Happy cooking!!!!
 
 

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Grandma's Kitchen


Pirandai




                   
Plant name: Pirandai also known as Changalam piranda “Fractured bones resettled and healed like a miracle through Siddha oushadam Pirandai”

Botanical name: Cissus quadrangularis

Family: Vitaceae

Actions: Alterative, Emmenogogue, Stomachic.


Siddha Medicinal Uses:

The stem of the plant is used to bandage the part of body subjected to fracture or any bone injury.
The oil prepared from juice of this plant and gingili oil is externally applied over fractured part.
The stem and leaf of plant is ground and the extracted juice along with equal quantity of honey is given in dose of 15-30 ml for irregular menstruation.
Any disorders of ear like pus discharge or ear ache, can be cured by heating the stem in little flame extracting the juice and using it as ear drops.
The dried root powder can be given in dose of 1-3 gm and this can also be applied externally after mixing with hot water for bone fracture.
For digestive problems, the fresh leaves are dried, powdered and given along with powdered chukku (dried ginger) and powdered milagu (pepper).

 PIRANDAI PICKLE

Ingredients:
Pirandai (tender) 3 cups
Garlic 1 pod (whole)
R.chilli 6
Turmeric 1 tsp
Sesame oil 50 g
Tamarind lime size
Mustard 1/2 tsp
Fenugreek 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste

Method
1. Peel side fiber (nar) from Pirandai
2. Cut it as small size
3. In kadai add Pirandai, r.chilli , tamarind ,garlic
4. saute well for 5 min.Grind well
5. In kadai add oil, add ground ingredients sauté well
6. Add turmeric powder, salt
7. Stir continuously till oil comes out.
8. Roast mustard, fenu .powder it
9. Add the powder to above ingredients sauté for 2 min

Note: can preserve for long time / shouldn't use wet spoon for take the pickle

Pirandai Vadai 

Ingredients:
Pirandai thandu                       :    a handful
Ghee                                        :    2 tsp
Kaezhvaragu ( ragi )  flour     :     250 gm
Cardamom                              :    4
Cumin                                      :    1 tsp
Pepper powder                        :    ½ tsp
Green chilli                              :    4
Curry leaves                             :    a little
Ginger                                      :    a piece
Salt                                           :    as needed
Asafoetida powder                 :    a little

Method:

1. Take tender pirandai and cut into small pieces.
2. Cut green chilli, ginger, curry leaves into small pieces.
3. Mix kaezhvaragu flour with salt, green chilli, ginger and curry leaves.
4. Heat ghee in a frying pan.
5. Add pirandai, fry and add to the kaezhvaragu flour.
6. Add water and knead to a dough.
7. Set the dough aside for an hour.
8. Make balls of the dough, flatten and cut into desired shapes.
9. Heat oil in a frying pan.
10. Add the shapes and fry till golden brown.


Pirandai Chutney Recipe

Ingredients:

Tender Pirandai pieces: 10
Tamarind: a small ball size
Mustard: 1 tsp
Black gram dal: 1 tsp
Dried red chili: 4 or as
Required Salt: to taste
Asafetida: a pinch

Method:
1. Peel the skins of Pirandai pieces and
fry them in oil and keep it aside.
2. Heat oil in a frying pan.
Add mustard, red chili, asafetida, black gram dal and fry.
3. Add tamarind and sauté.
4. Grind all the items along with salt in a mixer.

Pirandai Thuvaiyal
 Ingredients:
200 gms Tender Pirandai
8 nos Red Chillies
Small Marble size Tamarind
2 tbsp Grated Coconut
1 tsp Mustard Seeds
2 tbsp Urad Dhal
A sprig of Curry Leaves
2 pinch asafetida
2 no Garlic flakes
1 inch Ginger
  
Method:

Clean Pirandai and cut into small pieces without fiber.
Heat 2 tsp oil and add mustard, urad dhal, red chillies, tamarind and asafetida and sauté for a few minutes.
Add Pirandai and curry leaves and further sauté for a few minutes.
Add garlic and ginger, add grated coconut and salt.
Grind it into chutney when cool.
Heat a little oil and add the chutney and fry until it is dry without water content.
This goes well with Chappathis, Rice and Idli / Dosa.

Pirandai  Thokku

Ingredients:

Pirandai (I used about 100 gms of it)
Coriander - 2 large bunches
Pudina (Mint) - 1 small bunch
Kalpuravalli (ajwain / bishop's weed leaves) - 6 to 8
Red chilies - 6-8 (add to taste)
Tamarind - a ball the size of a medium sized lemon
Ginger - 1 inch
Methi (fenugreek) seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
Asafetida (hing) 1/2 teaspoon
Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
Salt - to taste
Oil - 2 tablespoons

Procedure:

Wash the Pirandai well and break it into bits at each node. Wash the coriander, the Pudina, curry leaves and ajwain leaves well, and remove the thick stalks while keeping the tender ones intact. Roast the Methi seeds and red chilies in 1 teaspoon of oil till they are browned. Let this cool. Then grind with asafetida and salt in your dry grinder to a coarse consistency.

Heat one tablespoon of oil and add the Pirandai, coriander, Pudina and ajwain along with the tamarind. Roast till the leaves wilt. Cool this.

Add this mixture to the coarsely ground paste along with the ginger and grind in the blender. It should not be too finely ground.

Now heat the remaining oil, add mustard seeds, allow them to pop and then add the ground paste to it. Sauté it for 5-6 minutes on a dry flame and allow it turn a dark green.

This can be preserved in a bottle in a refrigerator for quite long. You can even keep some amount for immediate use in the refrigerator and store the rest in the freezer section till required. This can then be thawed and used later.






Sunday, September 23, 2012

Simple Cake recipe


Nutty Cake
Ingredients:
Serves – 10

675g blanched whole almonds
450g Brazil nuts
225g walnut halves
225g pecan halves
675g pitted dates
300g glace cherries
125g plain flour
200g caster sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla essence

Preparation method

Prep: 10 mins     | Cook: 2 hours | Extra time: 30 mins, cooling
1. Preheat oven to 140 C. Line two 23x12cm (9x5 in) loaf tins with baking parchment and lightly grease.
2. Combine the almonds, Brazil nuts, walnuts, pecans, dates and cherries; mix well.
3. Sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Combine with nut mixture and mix well.
4. Beat eggs and vanilla, add to nut and flour mixture and mix well.
5. Press into prepared loaf tins and bake for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Set aside for 5 minutes and remove from tins. Completely cool on wire rack.

Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
Serves: 10
2 eggs
200g caster sugar
2 tablespoons butter, softened
250g vegetable oil
50g cocoa powder
125ml buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
275g plain flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
250ml boiling water
175g plain chocolate chips
Butter cream Chocolate Icing:
125g butter, softened
125g icing sugar
50g cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon strong brewed coffee


Preparation method
Prep: 20 mins     | Cook: 25 mins
1. In a large mixing bowl, add the following ingredients one at a time, beating well after each addition: eggs, caster sugar, 2 tablespoons butter, oil, 50g cocoa, buttermilk and vanilla.
2. Sift the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt; add to the sugar and egg mixture. Blend well and fold in the boiling water.
3. Place batter in two greased and floured 20cm round cake tins. Divide the chocolate chips in half and sprinkle them over each pan. Bake at 180 degrees C for 25 minutes. Cool.
4. To make the icing: Begin by beating together 125g butter, icing sugar and 50g cocoa; add 1 teaspoon vanilla, milk and coffee. Beat until very smooth. Add more icing sugar until you obtain the consistency you want. Spread on cooled cake.

Carrot Cake
Ingredients
Serves: 10
6 egg whites
250g caster sugar
225g apple purée
110ml skimmed milk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla essence
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
120g whole flour
120g plain flour
220g pineapple (Tinned pineapple in juice preferred)
225g grated carrots
60g chopped walnuts
85g raisins

Preparation method
Prep: 20 mins     | Cook: 40 mins
1. Preheat oven to 180 C. Lightly grease a 20x30cm (9x13 in) cake tin with olive/vegetable oil.
2. In large mixing bowl, beat egg whites. Slowly beat in sugar, then apple purée, skimmed milk and vanilla. Stir in cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, bicarbonate of soda and flour.
3. In a food processor or mixie, roughly process the pineapple with all of its juice.
4. Stir into the mixture, one ingredient at a time, the pineapple, carrots, walnuts and raisins. Pour the mixture into the prepared tin.
5. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes in preheated oven. Cake is done when fork inserted in centre comes out clean.

Chocolate Coconut Cake
Ingredients
Serves: 10
Cake:
125g butter
150g caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
2 eggs
250g plain flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
120ml milk
Icing:
450g icing sugar
5 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 tablespoon butter, melted
120ml milk
2 (200g) packages desiccated coconut

Preparation method

Prep: 15 mins     | Cook: 40 mins
1. Preheat oven to 190 degrees C. Grease and flour a 20x30cm rectangular baking tin.
2. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition. Add the flour mixture alternately with the milk; beat well.
4. Pour this mixture into the tin. Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Let stand for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely. Store overnight to give the cake a chance to firm up before icing.
5. To make the icing: In a large bowl, combine icing sugar and cocoa. In a saucepan, heat milk and 1 tablespoon butter until the butter is melted. Add the milk to the sugar mixture and mix well to create a fluid, but not too runny, icing.
6. Procedure: Cut the cake into 24 squares. Place coconut in a shallow container. Using a fork, dip each square into the icing, then roll it in the coconut. Place onto a cooling rack to dry. Continue for each piece. The icing will drip, so place a sheet of paper under the rack to catch the drips.

Basic Chocolate cake
Ingredients for the cake:
1 and ¾ cup all purpose flour
1 and ¼ cup sugar
1 and ¼ cup butter
4 heaped tbsp. cocoa
1 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. vanilla extract
¼ cup milk
4 eggs

Method:
Grease and line an 8 inch round pan or other pan of choice.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees centigrade.
Sift the flour, baking powder, and cocoa together in a large mixing bowl.
Place the butter, sugar, vanilla essence, and eggs in a blender and whiz for about a minute, until creamy.
Add the milk and whiz for another 15 seconds.
Pour into the dry ingredients and fold lightly.
Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 50 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
Invert onto a serving plate and serve warm with cream or ice cream.
Or, sprinkle with icing sugar and cocoa. Or decorate with chocolate butter cream.
Ingredients for chocolate butter cream:
50 gms. butter
100 ml. thick cream
2 tbsp. cocoa
2 cups icing sugar (more or less as required)

Method:
Place all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl and combine using a hand blender or wooden spoon.
Use to top or sandwich cakes or cookies.

Simple White Cake
Ingredients
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup milk
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x9 inch pan or line a muffin pan with paper liners.
In a medium bowl, cream together the sugar and butter. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine flour and baking powder, add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Finally stir in the milk until batter is smooth. Pour or spoon batter into the prepared pan.
Bake for 30 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven. For cupcakes, bake 20 to 25 minutes. Cake is done when it springs back to the touch.

Simple egg cake
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 1hr

Ingredients:
1 cup butter
1 and 1/4 cups sugar
1 and 1/2 cups maida or All purpose flour
1 tea spn baking powder
4 eggs
1 tea spn vanilla essence/extract

Method:
Preheat the oven at 350F for 10min.
Sieve together flour and powder. Keep it aside.
Beat sugar in butter till it becomes a smooth paste. Then add one egg at a time beating it all the time. Add essence and mix.
Add flour 1 tbl spoon at a time mixing slowly.
Grease an oven safe dish with butter. Then sprinkle some flour on it and spread the flour. Now pour the cake mixture into this dish and bake the cake for around 40min at 350F (or till a knife inserted in the cake comes out clean).

Banana Cake
Ingredients:
Banana 1
Egg 1
All purpose flour 1 cup
Baking soda 1 tea spn
Sugar 3/4th cup
Butter 1/2 cup
Cashew nuts 1 tbl spn
Salt 1/4th tea spn

PS: If you use ‘baking powder’ instead of ‘baking soda’, cake becomes a bit harder.

Method:
Sieve together flour and soda. Keep it aside.
Beat sugar in butter till it becomes a smooth paste. Then add egg and beat again.
Now add mashed banana and mix well. Add this mixture to flour and mix slowly.
Add some cashew nuts if desired.
Bake in a greased vessel for 40min at 350F.

Makes: 8 pieces
Preparation time: 1 hr (Including baking time)


Black forest cake
For the cake:
1 and 2/3 cups all purpose flour
1 and 1/2 cups sugar
1 and 1/2 tea spn baking soda
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
1/2 tea spn salt
1 and 1/2 cups milk
1 tea spn vanilla extract
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

Method:
Preheat the oven at 350F for 10mins.
Sieve together flour, baking soda, cocoa powder.
In a large bowl, mix butter and sugar. When they are well mixed, add eggs. Beat. Add milk, salt and mix.
Add the flour mixture little by little mixing it all the time.
Pour the mix in a greased oven proof dish. (I used two baking dishes and divided the mix into two equal parts). Bake at 350F for about 30mins or till a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

Whipped cream:
473 ml heavy whipping cream
2 tea spns vanilla extract
5 tbl spns confectioners’ sugar
Method:
Mix all together and beat with a hand mixer till soft peaks form.

Sugar syrup:
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup sugar
1 tea spn vanilla extract
Method:
Mix all together in a heavy bottomed pan and bring it to boil till all sugar dissolves.

Other ingredients:
2 bottles(283gms each) cherries – One bottle for each cake
Semi sweet dark chocolate crumbs/shavings

Assembling the cake:
Cut the cake horizontally into 3-4 pieces.
Take one piece on cake board. Spread about 2 tbl spn of syrup.
Spread cream on top. / Spread few chopped cherries.
Keep the next cake layer on top.
Spread syrup, cream, cherries. Continue till all the cake pieces are done.
Press down the cake lightly. Spread the remaining cream on top and on the sides.
Decorate with cherry halves and chocolate crumbs/shavings.
Serve chilled.

Fruit Gateau

Ingredients:
All purpose flour or Maida 1 and 1/2 cup
Eggs 4
Baking powder 1 and 1/2 tea spn
Sugar 3/4 cup
Oil 3/4 cup
Vanilla essence(or extract) 2 tea spns
Orange juice 3/4 cup
Fresh cream(chilled) 1 cup
Sugar 4 tbl spns
Fresh fruits(Strawberries, grapes, kiwi, oranges etc) 1 cup
Dry fruits (Walnuts, cashew nuts) 2 tbl spns

Method:
Sieve flour and baking powder and keep aside.
Beat sugar and eggs till the volume is nearly 4 times. Add 1 tea spn essence/extract and mix. Add oil gradually, beating the mixture all the time.
Add the flour, one table spoon at a time, beating very slowly.
Pour the mixture in an oven proof baking dish.

Bake it in preheated oven at 350F for 35-40min (or till a knife/skewer inserted in the cake comes out clean).
Cut the fruits into very small pieces.
Cool the cake for 5-10mins. Remove it from the baking dish. Cut the cake into two halves and soak both the pieces with orange juice.
Beat the cream with sugar and 1 tea spn of vanilla essence till soft peaks are formed. Chill.
Keep the bottom piece on a serving plate, spread the cream over it. Spread the fruits over the cream.

Spread the cream on the second piece and invert it carefully on the fruits on the first piece. Press well.
Now, decorate the cake with remaining cream and fruits.
Chill the cake and serve.

Makes 8 slices
Preparation time: 1 Hr










Ginger cake

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar or baking sweetner
1 tbl spn fresh grated ginger
1 cup all purpose flour
2 tea spns baking powder
1 tea spn vanilla extract
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs

Method:
Preheat the oven at 350 F for about 10mins.
Sieve together flour and baking powder, keep it aside.
Mix butter and sugar(or sweetener) till they are well mixed. Now add eggs, vanilla extract and mix well till the eggs are mixed. Pour in milk and mix again.
Now add the flour-baking powder mixture, a little at a time, mixing it all the time. When everything is incorporated well, add the grated ginger and mix.
Grease a baking dish, dust it with some flour. Pour the cake batter into it and bake at 350F for about 40mins or till a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
While serving, dust with some confectioner’s sugar or decorated it.

Makes : 6-7 big pieces
Preparation time : 10mins (excluding baking time)


Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Simple Chutney Recipes......



Spicy Kara Chutney
Ingredients:
Tomato - 2 nos
Garlic pods - 5 nos
Red chillies - 4 nos
Coriander leaves (chopped) - 1/4 cup
Green gram (Cheruparippu) - 1 tbsp
Red lentils - 1 tbsp
Salt - As reqd
Cumin seeds (Jeerakam) - 1 tsp
Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Black gram for seasoning
Oil - As reqd for seasoning

Preparation Method:
1) Saute the red lentils, green gram, coriander seeds, red chillies and cumin seeds.
2) Grind them with the other ingredients. / 3) Heat small amount of oil in the pan.
4) Splutter mustard seeds and black gram. / 5) Add the ground paste to it and cook for 5 mins

Kara Chutney -1
Ingredients:
Tomato - 1
Red Chilly - 4-5
Tamarind - 1 small ping pong ball size
Garlic - 5-6 cloves
Salt as per taste
Oil - 1/4 cup

Method:
Heat oil is a pan. Add the tomato's and chilly and fry nicely. Once
the tomato is well cooked. remove and cool the mixture. Grind this
with the other ingredints to a smooth paste. Temper with mustard
seeds and karipatha. Serve. This is really hot chutney.















Coriander Chutney
Ingredients:
2 bunches fresh Coriander Leaves
4 Green Chillies
8 teaspoons fresh grated Coconut
Salt to taste
2 teaspoons Sugar
3 teaspoons Lemon juice

Method:
1. Trim most of the stalks off the coriander & place the leaves in the Jar first.
2. Grind, 3. Use either as an accompaniment or as required in other recipes.


Beerakangai Chutney: (Ridge gourd skin chutney)
Ingredients:
Ridge gourd skin - 3 cups
Onion - 1, sliced
Urad dal - 4 tbsp
Red chillies - 8 or to taste
Coriander seeds - 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - few
Oil - 2 tbsp

Method:
Wash the ridge gourds, and peel and chop the skin and keep aside.
Take a pan and heat with 1/2 tbsp of oil and add mustard seeds.
When they start to crackle add cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, coriander seeds, red chillies, urad dal and curry leaves, Saute for 3-5 mins or they turn into light golden yellow colour.
Remove from flame and keep aside, In the same pan add another 1/2 tbsp of oil and heat.
Now add sliced onions and chopped tomatoes and little quantity of salt.
Cook on low flame till the onions become transparent and tomatoes become juicy.
Remove from heat and keep aside.
In the same pan add another 1/2 tbsp of oil and heat.
Add ridge gourd peeled and chopped skin and little quantity of salt.
Cook on low flame till the skin become tender.
Remove from heat and keep aside. Allow the sauteed ingredients for some time.

Then take a mixer jar and add the sauteed ingredients and grind to a coarse paste (don't add too much of water).
Finally adjust salt and remove from the mixer jar and transfer into the serving bowl.








Channa dal chutney ingredients:
Ingredients:
Channa dal – ½ cup
Fresh coconut pieces – ¼ cup
Green chillies – 3 or to taste
Ginger – ½ inch
Salt – to taste
Oil – 1 tsp

For seasoning:
Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
Urad dal – ¼ tsp
Curry leaves – 4
Oil – 1 tsp

Method:
Take a pan and heat with 1 tsp of oil.
Add the channa dal, green chillies and ginger, Fry till they turn into golden yellow colour.
Remove from heat, Allow it to cool.
Add the fried ingredients, coconut pieces and salt in a mixer grinder.
Grind to a fine paste, Transfer into serving bowl.
In the same pan add 1 tsp of oil and heat.
Add mustard seeds and urad dal, When they start to crackle add curry leaves.
Add this to the chutney and mix well and adjust salt.


Chilli chutney ingredients:
Ingredients:
Onion- 1 (sliced)
Chilli powder – 1 tsp
Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
Tamarind paste – 1 tsp
Salt – to taste

Method:
Add all ingredients in a mixer jar.
Grind to a fine paste without adding any water. Heat oil and add seasonings mix with ground paste, Transfer into serving bowl.










Coriander chutney ingredients:
Ingredients:
Coriander – 1 bunch (chopped and washed)
Fresh coconut – ½ cup (grated)
Green chillies – 5 or to taste
Ginger – ½ inch
Tamarind paste – 1 tsp
Oil - 2 tsp
Salt - to taste

For seasoning:
Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
Urad dal – ¼ tsp
Curry leaves – 4
Oil – 1 tsp

Method:
Take a pan and heat with 1 tsp of oil.
Add chopped coriander leaves, green chillies and ginger.
Sauté for few mins, Remove from the heat, Allow it to cool.
Then grind with coconut, tamarind paste and salt, Grind to a fine paste.
Remove from mixer jar and transfer into serving bowl.
In the same pan add 1 tsp oil and heat, Add mustard seeds and urad dal.
When they start to crackle add curry leaves,
Add this to the chutney and mix well and adjust salt


Peanut Chutney (Groundnut Chutney)                                                              
Ingredients
Peanuts - 1 cup
Dry red chillies - 5
Garlic - 2 cloves
Tamarind - blueberry size
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves - 5-6
Onion - 1/2 (optional)
Salt - to taste

Method
Roast the peanuts on stove top or in the oven.
After the peanuts are cool enough to handle, gtind it in the blender along with tamarind, garlic, onion and red chillies, 3. Add water to the desired chutney consistency needed.
Heat oil in a pan and splatter the mustard seeds, cumin seeds and curry leaves.
To this add the ground chutney, mix and switch off. 


Ginger Chutney
Ingredients:

Ginger – 2 inch piece
Onion – 1 chopped
Tomato – 1 chopped
Urad dal – 2 tbsp
Red chillies – 6 to 8
Coriander seeds – 2 tsp
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
Fenugreek – ¼ tsp
Curry leaves – 10
Tamarind paste – 2 tsp
Oil – 1 tbsp
Salt – to taste

Method
Take a pan and heat with ½ tbsp of oil.
Add urad dal, red chillies, coriander seeds, mustard seeds, cumin seeds and fenugreek and curry leaves.
Sauté till they turn into golden yellow colour, Remove from the pan and keep it aside.
In the same pan add the remaining oil and heat, Add chopped ginger, onions, tomatoes and curry leaves, Sauté till the tomatoes become juicy.
Remove form the pan and keep it aside, Allow it to cool for some time.
Then add the sautéed ingredients except ginger, onion, tomato and curry leaves in a mixer grinder, Make a fine powder without adding any water.
Then add Ginger, onion, and tomato, curry leaves and tamarind paste to this.
Again grind it to a fine paste or your desired consistency.
Add little amount of water if required, Transfer into serving bowl.
Add salt and mix well.

Mint Chutney
Ingredients
1 cup mint leaves
1 cup coriander leaves
1 tablespoon oil
3 small green chilies
1 1/2 tablespoons tamarind paste
1/2” piece finely chopped ginger
2/3 cup grated coconut
1/4 tsp sugar
salt to taste

Method:
Heat the oil in a frying pan or kadai and fry the green chilies, tamarind and ginger for 2 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and add mint and coriander leaves and mix completely. Do not allow the mint to fry too much or it will have a bitter taste. Place the mixture together with coconut, salt and sugar in a food processor or grinder and mix until well blended.
Onion Tomato chutney
Ingredients:
Onion – 2 sliced
Tomato – 2 chopped
Ginger – 1 inch piece
Garlic – 2 or 3 flakes
Red chillies – 2
Green chillies – 2
Tamarind paste – 1 tbsp
Salt – to taste
Oil – 6 tsp

Seasoning
Mustard seeds – ½ tsp
Urad dal – ½ tsp
Curry leaves – 6

Method:
Tomato Onion Chutney Preparation, Take a pan and heat with 4 tsp of oil.
Add all the ingredients (except seasoning ingredients) and sauté for few mins.
Sauté till the tomatoes become soft and onion turns into light brown colour.
Remove from heat and allow it to cool for some time.
Then add the sautéed ingredients in a mixer grinder.
Grind to a fine paste or your desired consistency without adding any water.
Take another pan add 2 tsp of oil and heat, Add mustard seeds and urad dal.
When they start to crackle add curry leaves, Add this to the chutney and mix well and adjust salt, Onion tomato chutney is ready.

Onion Chutney
Ingredients

onion : 250 gm
Oil : 50 ml
Mustard : 1 tsp
Black gram dal : 1 tsp
Salt :  as needed
Dry red chilli : 10
Tamarind : 25 gm
Asafoetida :  a little

Method
Peel skin of  vengaayam ( onion ) and cut finely.
Grind tamarind, chilli, salt, asafoetida with water to a paste and set aside.
Grind onion and set aside, Grind black gram dal coarsely.
Heat oil in a frying pan, Add mustard and when it splutters, add onion and fry.
Add masala, black gram dal, water and stir well.
When it starts thickening, remove the pan from the stove.



Urad dal chutney
Ingredients:
Urad dal - 1/2 cup
Onion - 1, finely sliced
Tomato - 1, finely chopped
Fresh ginger root - 2" piece
Tamarind - gooseberry size
Mustard seeds - 3/4 tsp
Cumin seeds - 3/4 tsp
Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp
Dry red chillies - 4 or to taste
Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp
Oil - 1 tbsp
Salt - to taste

Method:
Take a pan and heat with 1/4 tbsp of oil.
Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, coriander seeds and red chillies.
Saute till they turn into nice golden yellow colour, Remove from pan and keep aside.
Add 1/4 tbsp of oil in the same pan and heat.
Now add the urad dal and saute till they turn into light golde brown colour.
Constantly stir well. so that, they don't burn.Remove from heat and keep aside.
Finally add the remaining oil and heat.
Add sliced onions, chopped tomatoes, sliced ginger root and tamarind.
Saute till the onions become transparent and tomatoes become mushy.
Remove from heat and keep aside, Allow them to cool for sometime.
First grind the sauteed mustard seeds, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, coriander seeds, red chillies and urd dal., Make a coarse powder without adding any water.
Then add the sauteed onion and tomato mixture, salt and again grind to a coarse paste or your desired consistency.
Add water if required and check the salt.

Paruppu chutney
Ingredients:
Urad Dal - 4 tbsp
Toor Dal - 4 tbsp
Dried Chillies - 7 Nos
Tamarind paste - 2 tsp
Coconut - 2 cup
Asafoetida (Hing) - 1 tsp
Mustard Seeds - 2 tsp
Curry Leaves - 2 Sprig
Salt to taste

Method:
Heat oil in a pan and saute the dals and dried chillies, followed by the  grated coconut.
Saute until the coconut becomes golden brown.
Allow to cool and grind the mixture along with tamarind paste and salt to a paste with water, Saute the mustard seeds with curry leaves and hing and add to the above ingredients, Saute until to semi dry and serve.

Radish Chutney
Ingredients
Radish – 1 (medium size)
Onion – 1 chopped
Tomato – 1 chopped
Red chillies – 6 to 8
Coriander seeds – 2 tsp
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
Fenugreek – ¼ tsp
Curry leaves – 10
Tamarind paste – 2 tsp
Oil – 2 tbsp
Salt – to taste

Method:
Take a pan and heat with 2 tsp of oil.
Add red chillies, coriander seeds, mustard seeds, cumin seeds and fenugreek and curry leaves, Sauté till they turn into golden yellow colour,
Remove from the pan and keep it aside, In the same pan add 1 tsp oil and heat.
Add chopped radish and sauté for 5 to 7 mins, Remove from the pan and keep it aside.
In the same pan add 1 tsp of oil and heat.
Add chopped onions and tomatoes, Sauté till the tomatoes become juicy.
Remove form the pan and keep it aside, Allow it to cool for some time.
Now add the sautéed ingredients except radish, onion and tomato in a mixer grinder.
Make a fine powder without adding any water.
Then add radish, onion, and tomato and tamarind paste to this.
Again grind it to a fine paste or your desired consistency without adding any water.
Take another pan and add the remaining oil and heat.
Add mustard seeds, When they start to crackle add the paste / chutney and salt.
Cook on low flame till the oil separates from the chutney.
Remove from heat and adjust salt, Then transfer into serving bowl.


















Khara Chutney
Ingredients:
1/2 cup grated Coconut
3 Red Chillies
2 tsp Channa dal
1/4 inch grated Ginger
1/4 inch Tamarind
1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
1/4 tsp Urad dal
4-5 Curry leaves
1 tsp Oil
Salt to taste

Method:
In pan heat half teaspoon of oil and fry the dal for 1 minute.
Add the red chillies and saute for 30-40 seconds .
Grind the coconut ,dal,ginger, tamarind and salt into paste.
Heat the remaining oil in the pan, add the mustard,urad dal and curry leaves, saute until splutters.
Mix the fried ingredients with the ground chutney and mix.

Eggplant Chutney (Brinjal Chutney)
Ingredients
Eggplant - 1
Tomato - 1
Tamarind juice - 1/4 cup
Asaefoetida powder - 1/4 tsp
Corriander powder - 1/2 tsp
Dry red chillies - 4
Oil - 1 tblsp
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
Urad dal seeds - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - 5
Salt - to taste
Cilantro – handful

Method
Apply oil on all the sides of the eggplant. Roast it directly on the flame till the skin is charred.
Another option is to set the oven in broil mode and broil the eggplant. Be sure to turn the eggplant after each side is cooked. It takes app. 15-20 minutes for all the sides of the eggplant to get cooked. Let it cool down.
Once it cools down, peel the skin and mash the eggplant.
Heat oil in kadai and add cumin seeds and let it splutter.
Add dry red chillies, asaefoetida powder and tomatoes and let it cook for few minutes.
Grind the above mixture along with the mashed eggplant in the mixer and tamarind paste. Add salt to taste.


Capsicum Chutney
Ingredients
Capsicum        :    200 gm
Onion     :    8 or 9 ( grind )
Garlic    :    4 pods ( grind )
Curry leaves    :    2 stems
Chilli powder    :    1 1/2 - 2 tsp
Jaggery    :    3/4 tbsp
Tamarind    :    a small ball
For masala
Sesame    :    1 tbsp
Coriander seeds    :    1 tbsp
Cumin    :    1 tbsp
Grated coconut    :    1 tbsp
Oil     :    4 tbsp
Water    :    1 cup
Salt    :    as needed
Method
Grind the items for masala and set aside, Soak tamarind in water and prepare extract.
Cut capsicum finely, Heat oil in a frying pan.
Add ground garlic and onion on a low flame, Fry till onion is red,
Add capsicum, curry leaves and fry.
Add tamarind extract, chilli powder, salt, ground masala and let it boil.
When the contents thicken remove the chutney and transfer to bowl


Carrot Tomato Coconut Chutney
Ingredients
Carrot – 2
Tomato – 1
Red Chillies – 4
Coconut ( grated ) – 1/2 cup
Ginger – a small piece
Bengal gram dal – 2 tsp
Urad dal – 2 tsp
Oil – as needed
Salt – as required
Mustard - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - a few

Method
Peel skin of  carrot and cut it into medium size pieces.
Cut tomato, ginger into small pieces, 3. Heat oil in a pan.
Add bengal gram dal, urad dal and fry until brown.
Add red chillies and fry, Add ginger, tomato and fry for a few seconds.
Add carrot, fry and remove the pan from the stove.
When cool, grind it along with coconut and salt to a fine paste.
Heat oil in a small pan, Add mustard and when it splutters, add to the ground paste and mix well


Ginger chutney
Channa dal - 1/2 cup
Red chilli - 2 or 3
Ginger - 1 medium piece chopped
Tomatoes - 2 or 3
Mint leaves - half bunch
Fry everything in oil,grind it in mixer.
Season with mustard and boil well.

Ginger chutney with coconut
Ginger - 1 medium piece.
garlic - 4 or 5 flakes.
Onion - 2 small
tomato - 2 big tomatoes.
Green chilly - 2 or 3
coconut - 3-4 tbl. spoon.
Fry everything in oil.Grind along with coconut.
Season mustard and urad dal.

Mint chutney with tomato
Urad dal- 2 tbl spoon.
R.chilly - 2
tomato - 2 or 3
mint - 1 bunch
Fry everything in oil,grind well and season with mustard.

Mint chutney with onion
Urad dal - 2 tbl spoon.
Green chilly - 2
onion - 2
mint - 1 bunch
Same as above.

curry leaf chutney
Curry leaf - 1 cup
Urad dal- 3 tbl. spoon.
tamarind - 1 small piece.
green chilly- 2
coconut- 1/2 cup
Fry everything except coconut.Grind everything along with coconut.
Season with mustard.





Tomato chutney
Type 1
Onion - 3
tomato- 3 or 4
Green chilly- 2
ginger- 1 small piece
Curry leaf and coriander leaf.
Heat oil in kadai,season mustard and urad dal.
When splutters,add onion,g.chilly and ginger.
Fry well, add tomatoes,curry and coriander leaves.
After frying,add 1/2 cup of water and boil 10 min. under low flame.
Grind in the mixer.
(Seasoning is done in the beginning,so doesn't require seasoning
after grinding).

Type 2
Urad dal - 2 tbl spoon.
Onion - 2
tomato 3
red chilly powder - 1/2 tbl spoon.
Fry the above ingredients in oil.Grind and season.
After adding chilly powder reduce the flame and cook for few minutes,till raw smell goes off)

Onion chutney
TYPE 1
Onion - 2
Tomato - 3 (medium sizes)
R.chilli - 2 or 3
Fried gram - 3 tsp

Heat oil in a pan,fry onion,fried gram(shallow fry),tomato,r.chilli.
Grind in a mixie.Again heat oil in a pan ,season mustard,split urad dal,curry leaves,add
the grinded chutney,boil well,till the raw smell goes off.

TYPE 2
Urad dal - 1/2 cup
Onion - 3
Tomato - 1 (small)
Tamarind - 1 small piece.
R.chilli - 2 or 3
Fry the ingredients one by one.Grind in a mixie.Season mustrad and curry leaves.Pour
over the chutney.






Brinjal chutney- 3
Brinjal - 2 or 3
Onion - 1 (big)
Tomato - 3
R.chilli - 2 or 3
Pressure cook everything in a cooker by adding little
water .Cool and grind partially,season mustard,hing ,
curry leaves.Add the chutney,boil till raw smell goes off.

Kaara chutney
TYPE 1
Tamarind - 1 small lemon size
Garlic - 3
R.chilli - 5 or 7
Grind the ingredients and season using gingelly oil.
Requires no boiling.

TYPE 2
Garlic - 3
Tamarind - little
R.chilli - 3
Coconut - 1/2 cup
Fry garlic,tamarind,r.chilli and grind along with coconut.
Season with mustrad and urad dal.

Raw Mango Chutney
Grated raw mango - 1 cup
Grated coconut-1/2 cup
Cumin powder-1/2 teaspoon
Chilli powder-1/2 teaspoon
Roasted urad dhal -1 teaspoon[optional]
Tomato-1 small,chopped
Ginger-a small piece
Oil-1 teaspoon
Salt to taste

Seasoning:
Oil- 1 teaspoon
Mustard-1 teaspoon
Cumin seeds-1/2 a teaspoon
Curry leaves-a few
Red chilli-1 ,broken into bits

Heat a pan with oil and saute tomato,mango,ginger and coconut.When the tomato gets mushy add the cumin and chilli powderMix well and switch off the flame.Cool and grind with salt, roasted urad dhal to a paste adding a little water.Remove the chutney into a serving bowl.Heat a small pan and put in the items under seasoning.When it splutters,pour over chutney.Mix well and serve.

Coriander Tomato Chutney
Ingredients
Coriander leaves – 1 bunch, cleaned.
Tomato – 1 Big
Onion – 1 small
Green chillies – 3 to 4
Tamarind – 2 inch piece
Cooking oil – 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Method:

Heat kadai and dry fry coriander leaves until the water content evaporates and the leaves shrink.  Cool it and grind it without water.
Heat little oil in the kadai and fry green chillies, onions and tomato until the water content evaporates again.
Add this kadai content to the mixer with coriander paste.  Add tamarind and salt and grind to a smooth paste.

Cabbage Chutney
Ingredients
Onions - 2
Garlic - 4
Cabbage - 1/4  kg
Oil - 3 tbsp
Red chillies - 10
Fenugreek seeds - 2 tsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
Thick tamarind extract - 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Chopped coriander leaves a few

Method
Chop cabbage finely and fry well in oil. Keep aside. Cut onions lengthwise. Heat little oil and fry mustard, fenugreek, chillies, garlic and then onion till golden. Allow to cool and grind to smooth paste with salt. Mix fried cabbage, tamarind extract to the paste. Sprinkle coriander leaves, mix well and serve.












Raw Onion Chutney
Ingredients
Red Onion (chopped) - 1/4 cup
red Chilies - 3
Coconut - 1/4 cup
Tamarind - 2 inch
Asafetida (a pinch)
Salt

To Temper
Oil - 1 tsp
Urad Dal - 1/4 tsp
Mustard Seeds - 1/4 tsp
Curry Leaves (a few sprigs)

Method

Grind all the above ingredients to a smooth paste, with some water. Prepare the tempering by heating oil in a pan and adding urad dal, mustard seeds and curry leaves. Remove from heat when the seeds start to splutter. Pour the tempering over the chutney and mix well.

Curry leaves Chutney
Ingredients:
2 cups of fresh curry leaves
2 flake garlic
2-3 green chillies
1 tbsp. tamarind juice
salt to taste

For tempering:
1 tbsp oil
1/2 tsp white urad dal
1/2 tsp mustard seeds

Method:
Grind curry leaves, green chillies and garlic to fine paste.
Add very little water while grinding.
Heat 1 tsp oil, add mustard seeds and urad dal when they splutter, add the tempering tho the prepared chutney.
Now add tamarand juice and salt to taste.
Mix well.








Vegetable Garlic Chutney      
Ingredients
2 cups peeled and roughly chopped carrots
2 cups shredded green head cabbage or Napa cabbage or chopped bok choy
1/4 cup peanut or other oil
1/4 cup roughly chopped garlic
1/4 cup minced onion
1/2 cup stemmed, seeded, and minced red bell pepper
1 tablespoon peeled and minced fresh ginger
1 tablespoon curry powder
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup any vinegar
1/2 cup water, or more if needed
1/4 cup sugar, honey, or other sweetener
Minced fresh mint, parsley, or cilantro leaves for garnish

Method:
Bring a pot of water to the boil and salt it; cook the carrots until they are nearly tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove the carrots with a slotted spoon and cook the cabbage in the same water, just until it loses its crunch, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove the cabbage with a slotted spoon.

Meanwhile, place the oil in a broad saucepan or large, deep skillet and turn the heat to medium-low. Add the garlic, onion, red pepper, and ginger and cook, stirring, until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the curry powder and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the pepper, vinegar, water, salt, and sweetener and turn the heat to medium. Bring to a boil and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes.

Add the carrots and cabbage and cook until the vegetables are very tender, 15 minutes or more. If more water is needed, add it. Taste and adjust seasoning. Use within 2 days, and serve hot, warm, or at room temperature. Garnish just before serving.