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Ekpani Chutney | Brahmi leaves Chutney

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What I love the most being in native is that I am not only close to my loved ones but also very close to nature. As I say jokingly to my kids, it’s like living inside National Geographic channel. The variety of trees and plants, their leaves, the beautiful flowers and the pretty little butterflies along with insects that sit on them.. A delight to watch for a nature lover like me.. 💚

Along with observing them, I also use edible leaves for my cooking. They are not only tasty but high in medicinal value. One such leaf is Brahmi or Ekpani leaves which is very beneficial for the brain specially for kids.

My kids love any kind of chutney and don’t realize what’s inside it. So whenever I find Ekpani leaves, I make this chutney so that they consume these leaves regularly. I learned this recipe from my husband’s aunt Mrs Geetha Shankar Hegde ( mave )who is a great cook and someone who inspired me to cook during my first few months as a newly wed bride.

I have to mention one more person, someone very dear to me, Prabha Vaman Bhat mai who was kind enough to share her Ekpani plant along with the pot and also many other plants for our garden. Her plants are yielding such beautiful flowers in our house. Thank you so much Prabha mai. ❤️🙏

Here’s sharing mave’s recipe and hope you all will try this tasty chutney too. Happy and healthy cooking! ❤️

RECIPE:

Ingredients:

About 10 to 12 Brahmi or Ekpani leaves with stem and root

3 Green chillies

1 tsp Cumin seeds

2 tsp Ghee

1/2 Cup Coconut gratings

A small pebble sized ball of Tamarind

Salt to taste

Step by step recipe:

  1. Wash the Brahmi leaves with stem and root very well in a bowl to remove the soil in the root. Roots are very important and healthy but if not available, you can use only the leaves for this chutney too.
  2. Heat ghee in a pan and add cumin seeds. When it changes colour, add green chillies. Now add the washed ekpani leaves.

3. Fry for few seconds until the leaves wilt a little.

4. Now add this to a mixer jar along with coconut, tamarind, salt and little water.

5. Grind to a smooth paste adding water as per desired consistency.

6. Done! Enjoy with dosas, idlis or rice.

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Nendrabaale kele Gojju | Easy Nendran Banana sweet spicy side dish

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Hello dear readers.. I am back after yet another break but this time after a huge life change, having shifted permanently from Qatar to India.. Been close to two months here in Udupi and one month in my kitchen which I had planned so eagerly as it’s my favorite place in the house.. ❤️

As you all know I love cooking for my family and now it’s not only for my husband and kids, but also for my parents and brother. I am so happy to share whatever I cook with them and it feels soul satisfying to see them relish my dishes.. ❤️

Along with that, I have been making nostalgic dishes which I missed in Qatar all these years, some due to lack of ingredients and some having forgotten about it.. This Nendrabaale kele Gojju or a spicy sweet delight of a side dish is one among them.. ❤️

Having lived many years in Kerala, this banana was a common ingredient in our house and apart from Pazhampori or kele phodi, Amma always used to make this gojju.. Being a sweet and spicy lover , I used to relish this gojju as it is after my main meal.. Even now, after all these years, when I made this gojju and enjoyed it post my meal, it brought back all my childhood memories.. ❤️

Feels happy to share this nostalgic recipe with all of you and what could have been better than this as a first post from Udupi. Dedicating this to my Amma and thank you Amma for being the kindest, sweetest and my moga Amma always.  Love you so much.. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

RECIPE:

Ingredients:

2 overripe Nendran Bananas

3 Green chillies

1 Tbsp Jaggery

Salt to taste

For seasoning:

1 Tbsp Ghee

1 tsp Mustard seeds

A sprig of Curry leaves

2 Red chillies, cut into little pieces

Step by step recipe:

  1. Peel off the Nendran Bananas and make pieces of it using hands. Add to a mixer jar. Also add chopped green chillies, jaggery and salt.

2. Grind to a smooth paste adding very little water ( just a spoon or two) to aid grinding. It should be thick consistency. Add to a bowl.

3. Now heat ghee in a pan, add mustard seeds. When it splutters, add curry leaves and red chillies. Fry till it turns crisp. Now pour over the chutney.

4. Mix well. Enjoy with rice or as it is like me 😍

Notes:

  • Always best to use overripe Nendran Bananas for this gojju as it will blend easily and taste is more delicious too..
  • You can adjust chillies, jaggery and salt as per your taste.
  • Add very less water while blending as we don’t want a watery gojju.
  • I usually pair it with rice, rasam and a simple upkari or stir fry and it tastes heavenly with its sweet spicy notes.
  • I make two other recipes with Nendran Bananas. Sharing them below:
  • Nendran Banana Halwa
  • Nendra pazham nirachathu
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Hotel style green chutney| Mint Coriander chutney

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B is for breakfast but in our house it’s D for breakfast as the kids absolutely love D for Dosas. So everyday I have to keep any one kind of dosa batter ready for them. 😍

And along with dosa comes either sambar or chutney. I love making different varieties of chutneys and have shared many recipes on the blog too. This particular green chutney reminds me of hotel ones as it tastes so yum.

So here’s sharing this simple, easy recipe for you to try with your dosas and idlis. Happy and healthy cooking ❤️

RECIPE:

Ingredients: { Serves 2 to 3 people }

1 Cup = 240 ml

1 Cup Coconut gratings (fresh or desiccated)

1/4 Cup Gram dal (roasted or unroasted, both are fine)

1/2 Cup Coriander leaves

6 to 8 Mint leaves

3 Green chillies

2 tsp Cumin seeds

1 tsp Tamarind paste

Salt to taste

For seasoning:

1 Tbsp Coconut oil

1 tsp Mustard seeds

A sprig of Curry leaves

Step by step recipe:

1. Take in a mixer jar all the ingredients for the chutney.

2. Add about 1/4 Cup water and grind to a smooth paste, adding water little by little as necessary. Add to a serving bowl.

3. Heat coconut oil in a small pan. Add mustard seeds and allow it to splutter. Add curry leaves and fry for few seconds. Pour over the chutney.

Serve with dosas or idlis. I have served it with soft Methi Urad dosas.

Notes:

* As mentioned above, you can use both roasted or unroasted gram dal for the chutney. Adding it adds a wonderful flavour and texture to the chutney.

* You can also check this delicious coriander leaves chutney recipe:

Roasted gram dal and Coriander leaves chutney

* If you love mint flavour in chutneys, you can check this:

Pudina Lehsun Chutney

* You can check all my chutney recipes here:

Chutney Recipes collection

Other recipe collections:

No Rice dosa recipes collection

Variety Idli compilation

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Moringa leaves chutney | Easy chutney with drumstick leaves | Mashinga palle chutney

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Whenever I hear or read jokes about how healthy food can never taste good, I feel a little bad but get even more motivated to change the notion through my blog. “Food is medicine to the body” – that’s what I believe in and try to include carbs, protein, fat, vitamins and minerals in every meal I make.

Specially after I became a mother, I realized I have to make the meals in such a way that not only are they healthy but kid friendly as well. Gratefully, they eat almost everything I cook and I think it’s because I started giving them regular food as soon as they turned 6 months. No baby food or purees. Just normal idli, dosa, rice, chapati with chutneys and curries.

In chutneys, I try to include greens depending on the season and during winters, I definitely make Sambarpalli or Ajwain leaves chutney and this Moringa leaves chutney as it’s very healthy and great for immunity. They don’t realize it has superfoods in it and enjoy it with their dosas and idlis.

The flavour is just like any restaurant style green chutney and there is no bitterness of moringa at all. A must try chutney for sure. Hope you all try and love it too. Happy and healthy cooking 💚

RECIPE:

Ingredients: { Serves three to four people}

1 Cup = 240 ml

1 Cup Moringa leaves/ Drumstick leaves (after stems are removed)

3/4 Cup freshly grated Coconut

3 Green chillies

1 tsp Cumin seeds/ Jeera

1 tsp Coconut oil

1 tsp Tamarind paste

Salt to taste

Step by step recipe:

1. Pluck the leaves from the stem as shown. Place in a sieve or a colander and wash well. Keep aside.

2. Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds and fry for few seconds. Now add chopped green chillies and the washed moringa leaves.

3. Keep frying for a minute till the leaves are well roasted in the oil. Remove from flame. Allow it to cool.

4. Now take coconut gratings in a mixer, add the fried leaves mix, tamarind paste, salt and little water.

5. Add water while grinding as needed and grind to a smooth paste. Pour into a bowl. Chutney is ready to serve.

I served it with Panpolo or Neeru dose and it was a heaven made match 🤍💚

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Notes:

* I do not season the chutney with mustard seeds/ curry leaf as I feel it’s not needed since we are frying the ingredients. You can season if needed.

* I make the same chutney with Sambarpalli or Ajwain leaves. You can substitute Moringa with Sambarpalli leaves too.

* This chutney can be served with idli, dosa, rice and even as a sandwich spread. Tastes really delicious.

* Don’t skip cumin seeds in this chutney as it enhances the flavour so much.

* You can check the recipe for Panpolo or Neeru dose here – Panpolo/ Neeru dose

* You can check all my chutney recipes here –

Chutney recipes collection

* My most favorite chutneys –

Amma’s Tomato Chutney

Peanut Onion Chutney

Pudina Lehsun Chutney

Coriander leaves Chutney

Hotel style Tomato Chutney

Walnut Chutney

Sambarpalli or Ajwain leaves chutney

* More dishes that I make with Moringa leaves-

* Mashinga Palle Sannamudho (drumstick leaves spicy idli)

* Drumstick leaves Aloo Roti

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Red Capsicum Peanut Chutney| Red bell pepper chutney

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As many varieties of dosas and idlis that I make, I love to try different varieties of chutneys as well. Spicy chutneys are my favorite as they make such an amazing accompaniment to dosas. So when I tried this red capsicum chutney recently, it instantly became my favorite as it turned out spicy and delicious.

Even though red capsicums are sweet, the peanuts and red chillies give a wonderful flavour to this chutney which makes it a very tasty dip for dosas. A definite must try if you get your hands on red capsicums. ❤️

Apart from this chutney, I also make Tri colour Capsicum Salsa and fried rice with these capsicums but I must say, red capsicum chutney has won my heart with it’s flavours. Hope you all try and love it too. Happy and healthy cooking ❤️

RECIPE:

Ingredients: { Serves 2 to 3 people }

1/2 a large Red Capsicum

1 medium sized Onion

4 Red chillies (adjust to taste)

2 Tbsp Peanuts

1 tsp + 1 tsp + 1 tsp Coconut oil (for frying and seasoning)

2 tsp Mustard seeds

2 sprigs Curry leaves ( for frying and seasoning)

Salt to taste

Step by step recipe:

1. Heat 1 tsp oil in a small pan and fry peanuts in it on medium flame till the peanuts change colour and start to open slightly.

2. Remove it in the mixer jar and let it cool down.

3. In the same pan, heat 1 tsp oil and add roughly chopped onions, curry leaves, red chillies and roughly diced Red Capsicum. Fry well till onions turn translucent and capsicum turns soft.

4. Now transfer this to the mixer jar too and let it cool down.

5. Add salt and little water as needed to grind it to a smooth paste.

6. Now heat 1 tsp oil in the pan and add mustard seeds and curry leaves. Let mustard seeds splutter. Now remove from the flame and add the ground chutney to the pan. Mix well. Done 🙂

7. Serve with dosas or idlis. Tastes so yum ❤️

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Notes:

* I have served it with Methi dosa or the regular way I make my dosas. Makes for such a great combination.

* Don’t add more than two spoons of peanuts as otherwise the chutney will have a nutty flavour than that of red capsicum.

* This ratio of 1/2 capsicum, 2 spoon peanuts, 1 medium onion and 4 Red chillies works perfectly for me. If you prefer less spicy, add 3 red chillies and then you can adjust the spice using red chilli powder.

* This chutney is very unique in it’s taste due to the sweetness of the capsicum, spice from the chillies and the nuttiness from the peanuts. A must try if you love different flavours in chutneys.

* Since oil is used thrice while frying and seasoning, add very little each time so that the chutney does not turn oily. You can skip oil while frying if you prefer less oil.

* This chutney is based on my recipe of Peanut Onion Chutney which tastes amazing as well.

* You can check my other chutney recipes too:

* Amma’s tomato chutney

* Coriander leaves chutney

* Sambarpalli leaves chutney version 1

* Sambarpalli leaves chutney version 2

* Hotel style Tomato Chutney

* Gooseberry or Amla Chutney

* Pudina lehsun Chutney

* Allam Pachadi or Ginger Chutney

* Walnut Chutney

* More than 30 Dosa recipes : Dosa Corner

* 21 Varieties of Idlis : Variety Idli Compilation

* “No rice” Dosa recipes Compilation

* If you have three coloured capsicums, you can try this: Tri colour Capsicum Salsa/ Salad

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Allam Pachadi| Ginger Chutney Andhra style

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I am writing this blog as a continuation to my Andhra Pesarattu recipe as the Pesarattu dosa is incomplete without this delicious spicy, tangy ginger chutney called Allam Pachadi. ❤️

Before trying this, I used to wonder how a chutney with only ginger can taste but as soon as I tasted it, I fell in love with the flavours. So so delicious for words. It’s a made for each other combination with the Pesarattu. 😍

Hope you all try and love it with Andhra Pesarattu too. Happy and healthy cooking! ❤️

RECIPE:

Ingredients: { Serves 4 }

2 tsp Coconut Oil

1 tsp Mustard seeds

1 tsp Urad dal

A pinch of Hing/ Asafoetida

A sprig of Curry leaves

2 to 3 Red chillies

About 1/2 Cup Chopped Ginger ( 6 to 7 pieces of 1 inch each)

1/4 tsp Turmeric powder

1 Tbsp Jaggery powder

2 to 3 Tbsp Tamarind pulp

Salt to taste

For seasoning:

1 tsp Coconut Oil

1 tsp Mustard seeds

A sprig of Curry leaves

Step by step recipe:

1. Heat oil in a small pan. Splutter mustard seeds. Add urad dal and hing. Fry till Urad dal turns slight brown.

2. Add red chillies and curry leaves. Fry for few seconds.

3. Add chopped ginger and turmeric powder. Fry till ginger turns soft.

Note: Don’t fry ginger too much or else it will turn bitter. Just fry for a minute or so till ginger turns soft.

4. Add to a mixer grinder.

5. Add Jaggery powder and Tamarind paste. Also add salt and little water. Grind to a smooth paste. While grinding, add little by little water to bring to chutney consistency.

6. Heat coconut oil in a pan. Splutter mustard seeds and add curry leaves. Fry for few seconds. Pour over the chutney. Mix well.

Serve with Andhra Pesarattu/ Whole Moong dosa.

Notes:

* This chutney is very spicy as it needs to be spicy to be enjoyed with Pesarattu dosa. If you prefer less spicy, add only 1 Red chilli.

* Be careful while frying ginger. Fry till it turns soft only. Takes about a minute. Over frying can make it bitter.

* You can increase jaggery and tamarind paste to your taste.

* Check the recipe of Andhra Pesarattu here:

Andhra Pesarattu

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Walnut Chutney

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Recently I got a lot of walnuts (at super cheap price 😁✌️) which are so crunchy and tasty that I munch couple of them when I have mid meal hunger pangs. Apart from eating the walnuts as it is, I looked up for recipes so that I can add it in my kids’ diet too without them knowing (sshhh 🤫😄).

That’s when I found that they could be added in chutneys and what better an idea as my kids love their dosa and idli with chutney. So I tried in many ways and finally found this way the best. In this chutney you can never say it has walnuts in it as the flavour of red chillies and hing masks the nuttiness of walnuts really well.

Today made this chutney with Rava Idlis and they made such a great combination that I felt like sharing it with you all instantly. Hope you all try it too. Happy and healthy cooking! ❤️

RECIPE:

Ingredients: { Serves 2 to 3 people }

3/4 Cup freshly grated Coconut or Desiccated coconut

4 Walnuts

4 Kashmiri Red Chillies or to taste

1 tsp Tamarind paste

Pinch of Hing / Asafoetida

Salt to taste

For seasoning:

2 tsp Coconut Oil

1 tsp Mustard seeds

5 to 6 Curry leaves

Step by step recipe:

1. Take coconut, red chillies, tamarind paste, hing and salt in a mixer.

2. Roast walnuts in a small pan for few seconds. It just needs to heat a bit. Then remove from the flame.

3. Add to the mixer.

4. Add water as needed and grind to a smooth paste.

5. Remove to a bowl. Heat coconut oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and when it splutters, add curry leaves and roast a little. Pour over the chutney. Mix well.

6. Serve with dosas or idlis.

Notes:

* I add 4 Kashmiri red chillies for 3/4 Cup Coconut. It does not turn out very spicy and I make it so as I make for my kids. You can increase as per your taste.

* 4 to 5 Walnuts are perfect for this measurement. If you add more, the walnut nuttiness might become more prevalent.

* I made this chutney with Instant Rava Idlis today.

* You can check my Variety Idli Recipes Compilation.

* I make more than 30 types of Dosas including many no rice dosas too. You can check:

All Dosa recipes

No Rice Dosa recipes

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Hotel style Tomato Chutney

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Both the kids just left for school and I take this (peaceful 😄) opportunity to write a recipe which I wanted to share since long time. In Qatar, during winters ie roughly from November to April, residents grow vegetables in their gardens. Main vegetable which almost everyone grows is Tomato. Even we have tomatoes in abundance every year which we enjoy till June due to it’s good shelf life.

Here are some of the beautiful tomatoes which grew in our’s and our neighbor’s garden who was kind enough to share with us. ❤️

And plenty of tomatoes means making my favorite, my Amma’s Tomato chutney. 😍 Apart from that, due to my daughter’s request, who wanted the hotel style Tomato Chutney which she enjoys at Aryaas restaurant here, I happened to try this recipe which came out exactly the same. Imagine my happiness!! ❤️

So after getting daughter approval as well, I knew this recipe deserved to be blogged and shared with all of you. Hope you all try and love this recipe too. Happy and healthy cooking! ❤️

RECIPE:

Ingredients:

About 4 to 6 medium sized Tomatoes (or as available, even 2 large tomatoes are fine)

2 medium sized Onions

1 inch Ginger piece

4 pods of Garlic

3 to 4 Red chillies

A sprig of Curry leaves

1/2 tsp Turmeric powder/ Haldi

1 Tbsp Coconut oil

Salt to taste

For seasoning:

2 tsp Coconut oil

1 tsp Mustard seeds

1 tsp Cumin seeds/ Jeera

A sprig of Curry leaves

A pinch of Asafoetida powder/ Hing

Step by step recipe:

1. Take all the ingredients for the chutney and keep ready. I have taken home grown tomatoes of different sizes depending on which of them were turning soft. Since I have a lot of tomatoes, I have taken plenty to make this chutney. You can use only two to three large ones depending on availability.

2. Heat oil in a pan, add curry leaves, chopped ginger, garlic and onions. Fry till onions turn translucent. Then add red chillies. Fry for few seconds.

3. Add roughly chopped tomatoes along with turmeric powder and salt. Cook till tomatoes turn soft. Don’t add water at all. Tomatoes will leave a lot of water as it cooks.

4. Once the tomatoes cook and turn soft, remove from the flame. Allow it to cool. Blend to a smooth paste.

5. Heat oil in the same pan, add mustard seeds and cumin seeds. When mustard seeds splutter, add curry leaves and hing.

6. Now add the blended paste along with little water if needed to bring it to desired consistency. Check for salt and also spice level, adding red chilli powder if needed.

7. Done! Serve with dosas, idlis and chapatis.

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Notes:

* You can skip Onion and Garlic if you don’t consume or on Pooja days. The texture of tomatoes will still make a thick chutney.

* Ripe and bright red tomatoes will give a beautiful colour and flavour to the Chutney.

* Keeps well if refrigerated for couple of days. Mine usually gets over within that.

* I make a big batch specially during tomato season, hence you can see I have used plenty of them. You can use two to three tomatoes to make one batch of chutney.

* For variety of dosa recipes, you can check my Dosa Corner page.

* For Instant and Millet based dosas, you can check my No rice Dosa Compilation page.

* For all my Idli recipes, you can check my Variety Idli recipes Compilation page.

* For other chutney recipes, you can check Chutney recipes.

* I also make another variety of Tomato Chutney which in my Amma’s recipe and my favorite. You can check the recipe here – Amma’s Tomato Chutney.

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Sambarpalli Chutney | Panikoorka/ Doddapatre chutney – version 2

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Sambarpalli leaves are also known as Panikoorka in Malayalam, Doddapatre in Kannada, Ajwain Patta in Hindi and Indian Borage in English. They are very good for digestion and also to cure common cold.

It’s amazing how good music can change your mood completely. This morning as I woke up, checked my YouTube subscriptions and saw that T series has released something called a mixtape which is a combination of two beautiful songs. Today’s was a mix of Tera Chehra and Jaan Meri, both of which are soothing songs, the mixtape sung beautifully by Jubin Nautiyal and Tulsi Kumar. It gave a wonderful start to my day and I loved it so much that I listened to it on repeat. ❤️

So since I am in a pleasant mood, I decided to utilize it to blog a new recipe (Make hay while the sun shines 😀). This chutney might look like a simple recipe but it’s a very special one. Not only does it taste super delicious, is healthy, made from our home grown leaves and importantly learnt from one among my favorite people, Mamta mai. ❤️

Me and her are so similar in many many ways that she calls us as twins with 25 years difference 😂😂. We met each other through food groups, then realized we are related distantly and now we bond just like two long lost siblings and gel along like best friends. 😍 It’s super sweet how she cares for me and her love is very precious for me. ❤️

So when she shared this recipe of Sambarpalli chutney, I had to try it as we have loads of these leaves in our backyard, all thanks to my husband’s gardening skills. For him, plants are his love and passion in midst of his hectic work life, something which makes him very happy. Here is the sambarpalli bush which came in as a small plant but look at how well it has grown. 😍

So, here’s sharing the recipe of this chutney made from homegrown leaves. A very healthy yet delicious chutney. Hope you all try and love it. Happy and healthy cooking! ❤️

Thank you so much Mamta mai for this recipe. ❤️🙏

RECIPE:

Recipe Credit : Mrs Mamta Shenoy

Ingredients:

About 8 to 10 Sambarpalli leaves

1 tsp Oil

1 tsp Jeera/ Cumin seeds

3 to 4 Green chillies

4 Garlic pods

3/4 Cup Coconut

1 tsp Tamarind paste

Salt to taste

Step by step recipe:

1. Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds. Fry for few seconds. Add green chillies and garlic. Fry till garlic turns slightly brown in colour. Add sambarpalli leaves and fry till it wilts.

2. Allow it to cool. Then add it to a mixer jar along with coconut, tamarind and salt.

3. Add little water as needed and grind to a smooth paste. Serve as a rice accompaniment or with idlis or dosas.

Notes:

* You can another version of chutney with these leaves here – Sambarpalli leaves Chutney . This version is without garlic.

* The leaves I have taken are tender, small ones. If the leaves in your plant are large ones, 5 to 6 will suffice for the amount of coconut mentioned.

* These leaves are very healthy and I use them in two ways apart from making chutney:::

1. I put couple of leaves in a vessel along with water. Heat it and take steam inhalation when even having the slightest of cold symptoms.

2. Heat the leaves in a pan as shown in the first picture. Then when it starts oozing water, remove it and crush it using mortar and pestle. Sieve the juice and mix honey (for kids above one year old) . Give as medicine for kids and adults when suffering from cold or stomach ache. Works very well. Take about 6 to 8 small leaves for one dose.

Hope these home remedies are helpful to you too. These leaves are really magic!

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Roasted gram dal and coriander leaves chutney

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As much as I love my dosas and idlis, there is no denying that they are incomplete without a good chutney. I usually discuss which chutney to make with my family in the morning while making dosas/ steaming idlis and the demand is either for Hing chutney ** (by Mr Husband) and Tomato Chutney (by Miss Daughter). My son is just like me who loves any kind of chutney. 😍

But ever since I made this roasted gram dal coriander leaves chutney, the common demand by everyone including my son has been for this “green chutney”. My 2.5 year old son who is talking a lot now (inspired by you know who 😂) calls it “geen chechi” and it sounds so cute that I can’t make any other chutney ever. 😄

So here is the recipe for the green chutney which tastes too delicious for words. A must try chutney for sure!

Thank you so much Vinaya Prabhu Akka for this keeper of a recipe. ❤️ We have become such huge fans of this chutney that we no longer like any other chutney now. 😍

Happy and healthy cooking everyone!

{** recipe for Hing chutney mentioned above is in the notes section of this Urad Rava idli recipe }

RECIPE:

Adapted from: Vinaya’s Culinary delights

Ingredients: Serves 2 to 3 people

1/4 Cup Gram dal

1/2 Cup freshly grated or desiccated Coconut

3 to 4 Green chillies

5 to 6 sprigs of Coriander leaves

6 to 8 Curry leaves

1 tsp Tamarind paste

Salt to taste

Step by step recipe:

1. Dry roast the gram dal on medium flame till it turns brown in colour. Don’t allow it to turn black. Cool down and powder in a mixer.

You can see the gram dal packet in the background for those who are new to it.

2. Now add coconut, green chillies, coriander leaves, curry leaves, tamarind paste and salt.

3. First grind once without adding water. Then add water as needed (about 1/4 to 1/2 Cup) to make a smooth paste. Dilute with more water to your desired consistency of thickness.

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Notes:

* This chutney does not need seasoning with mustard seeds/ curry leaves.

* Be careful while roasting the gram dal as few extra seconds of roasting can make the dal turn black and burning it which can spoil the flavour of the chutney. Roast only till the dal starts turning brown.

* If you don’t have gram dal, then just increase the quantity of coconut to 1 Cup and skip the gram dal. That’s how I make my regular coriander chutney.

* I made this chutney with Barnyard Millet Idlis and it made a super delicious combo.

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