Thursday, December 6, 2012

Groundnut chutney

Ingredients
 
1.      Groundnut (kadlekai in kannada) – 2 medium sized cups

2.      Garlic (Bellulli in kannada) – 1 small sized
3.      Green chillies (Hasimenasina kayi in kannada) – 4 (Depends on how much spicy you want)
4.      Salt (huppu in kannada) – ¼ - ½ tbsp
5.      Tamarind (Hunusehannu in kannada) – 1tbsp size
6.      Coriander (Kothambari in kannada) – 4 – 5 sticks
Method of preparation
1.      Fry the groundnuts till it turns dark brown and peel the outer layer
2.      Peel the outer layer of garlic
3.      Now add everything (groundnut, garlic, salt, chillies, tamarind, little water and coriander) in mixer and make paste out of it.
4.      Groundnut chutney ready to serve

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Onion chutney ( Irulli chutney in kannada language)


Just felt like adding recipes to my blog. So here it goes.

Onion chutney is a very simple to do dish. It takes maximum 15 mins to prepare. This can be served with chapathi, dosa and rice. You can also use it for 1 week by preserving it in fridge.

Ingredients

* 1 medium sized onion ( irulli in kannada)
* Half Tea spoon jeera ( jeerige in kannada) Fig 1.
* 1 Tea spoon urad dal ( uddina bele in kannada) Fig 2.

* 4 to 6 red chilli ( Kempu menasinakayi in kannada)
* ¼  to ½ Tea spoon of salt ( huppu in kannada)
* 1 to 2 Tea spoon oil ( yenne in kannada)

Method of preparation

* Cut 1 onion.

* Take a pan ,Place it on the stove, Put 1 Tea spoon of urad dal, ½  Tea spoon of jeera and 4 to 6 Red chillies and fry them seperately  without oil for 10 to 15 seconds. Put them to a vessel.

* Put 1 to 2 Tea spoon of oil to the pan, after 5 seconds put chopped onion. Fry it till it turns golden brown.  * Put it into the vessel which contains urad dal, jeera and chilli. Add  ¼  to ½ Tea spoon of salt.  Let the mixture cool for sometime.

* Now put everything in mixer jar and run the mixer. Add little water to form a thick paste.

* Now put the paste in a serving bowl. Our Onion chutney is ready!