Kitchen-Kollections

Ingredients

10 green tomatoes
5 green chillies-small
2 garlic pieces
2 red chillies
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
A sprig curry leaves
1 tsp chana dal
1 tsp urad dal
Salt to taste
3 tsp tamarind paste

Method

• Take a deep pan and add fry the tomatoes in pan with 3tablespoon oil till they become soft.

• Now take another pan and add 1 tsp of oil and fry mustard seeds, cumin seeds, chana dal, urad dal, garlic, curry leaves and red chillies. After its done..cool it for a while.

• Grind the tempering into coarse powder..add cooked tomatoes and tamarind paste. Add salt and grind.

• Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. This tasty chutney is great when eaten with either raw onion/green mirchi..best with hot hot omelet and rice. Also good with Idlies/dosas…

Ingredients

2 cups chopped french beans
Curry leaves

For tempering
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp chana dal
1 tsp urad dal
1 tsp jeera
3 red chillies
1 tbsp popula karam
1 tsp sesame seeds
oil
salt to taste
A pinch of turmeric

Method 

• Take a deep pan and add 1 tbsp of vegetable oil. Add mustard seeds, chana dal, urad dal, jeera, red chillies, curry leaves and mix well.
• Add the chopped french beans and mix well. Add salt and cover it with a lid so that it is cooked properly. Keep mixing it inbetween. It will take 15 min to cook properly.
• Sprinkle Popula karam and sesame seeds and fry it for 10 more minutes.
• The beans will turn crispy and it tastes really good with chapatis or rice.