Friday, October 2, 2015

Yummy Red Pumpkin Chutney

Ingredients

Red Pumpkin- 150 gm. ( cut into cubes)
Urad dhaal- 2 tbsp
Channa dhaal- 1 tbsp
Red chillies- 5 to 6
Mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp
Oil- 2 tbsp ( for frying)
Tamarind- small piece
Slat- to taste

Procedure:
Fry Urad dhal, Channa dhal, mustard seeds, red chillies and a piece of tamarind in a teaspoon of oil. Keep it aside. Let it cool down. In the mean while,  in the same kadai add some more oil and add this red pumpkin pieces and fry it until it is cooked. Now, in a mixie jar grind the fried dhal mixture first and then add the pumpkin and salt to taste and grind it again. Do not add much water to it.
Your red pumpkin chutney is ready. You can eat this with hot rice and ghee or can be had with dosa, idli or chappati.

Milagu Rasam Recipe ( with garlic )

Milagu Rasam Recipe

Ingredients :
Tamarind - 1 lemon sized
Tomato -1
Garlic- 10 pods
Pepper- 2 tbspn
Jeera-1 tbspn
Ghee- 1 tbspn
Red chilli- 1
Mustard seeds- 1 tspn
Curry leaves 10
Salt to taste

Preparation:
Soak tamarind and take the pulp and keep it aside. In  the meantime, take a drop of ghee and add chilli, pepper and garlic and fry them. After you fry crush them along with jeera. You should not add water while crushing and it needn't be smooth in texture.
Now cut tomato into fine piece. Take the vessel in which rasam is to be made and take the tamarind pulp. The pulp should be watery unlike vathalkuzhambu. Now add the chopped tomatoes and crush it with your hand. Then add asafoetida to it and keep it in the gas. Add salt. Let it boil until the raw smell of tamarind goes. Now add the crushed items and mix well. Let it boil for 5 minutes.
Now take a kadai add ghee and splutter mustard seeds and curry leaves and add it to rasam. Your rasam is ready to eat with hot rice and ghee.