Dangar Pacchadi or Urad dal chutney

Chutney #17 My chutney making spree continues…. Here is pacchadi from Tamil cuisine made with urad dal and curd. Urad dal  (in Hindi) is known as split black gram in English. Also known as orid dal, it is known as Minapappu in Telugu. It exists as a whole dal or in split form. The split…

Peanut Chutney with tomatoes

Chutney # 16 Whenever, I make peanut chutney, I add tamarind to render tanginess to this dish. However, recently, my mother in law told me that one can add tomatoes instead of tamarind. I was eager to prepare this version of the chutney. Last weekend, I made it and it was indeed tasty. I always…

Tomato, Coriander and Onion chutney

Chutney # 15 Usually, I avoid making dishes with onion as my mother and mother in law do not prefer to eat this vegetable. I chanced upon this recipe in some of my old handwritten notes, which I had jotted down from a college friend, years back. There are some recipes, which upon reading, you…

Peanut Coriander Chutney

Chutney # 14 Being a South Indian, who invariably loves chutney’s, I end up having either dosas or idlis for breakfast on most of the days. Thus I am always on the look out for chutneys which I can make and have as an accompaniment during the morning meal. This week, I tried Peanut Coriander…

Coconut chutney with green chillies

Chutney # 13 Coconut is a versatile fruit and it is used to make a variety of dishes. One such dish is the famous coconut chutney. There are varied versions of coconut chutney. One can make a variety of chutneys with it like coconut chutney: with red chillies or with sesame seeds, or with coriander,…