Tomato Cabbage Chutney

Ingredients:
4 Ripe tomatoes, cut into large pieces
15 Green chillies
2 tbsp tamarind

1/4 cup finely cabbage pieces for garnishing
1/4 tbsp cumin seeds
2 tbsp oil
2 garlic pods
Salt as per taste

For Seasoning:
1 tbsp oil
1 tbsp mustard seeds
Few curry leaves
3 red chillies
1tbsp urad dal


Method:
In a pan add oil and when it is hot, add green chillies and fry them till they start spluttering

Now add tomatoes and fry till the tomatoes are soft.

Add tamarind and fry till tomatoes are soft and turn off the heat

Keep it aside to cool.

In a mixie jar, add garlic pods, cumin seeds and salt

And grind coarsely

To this, add tomotoes mixture

 

Grind coarsely like three pulses and add chopped cabbage

And pulse just once and take it out into a bowl

For seasoning, heat a pan and add oil. When the oil is hot, add mustard, red chillies, urad dal and curry leaves and fry till mustard seeds splutter. Add this to the chutney

Very yummy chutney is ready to be served. Cabbage pieces provide a crunchy taste to the chutney. Goes well with Idly, Dosa, Poori, Uthappam, Roti or plain white rice

Gangabaila Koora Pacchi Tomato Pappu - Purslane Dal Recipe

Ingredients:
1/4 cup Lentil/Toor Dal
1 cup water
1cup  Gangabaila (Purslane) Leaves, wash thoroughly
4 Raw tomatoes
5-10 Green chillies (as per your spice level)
1/4 cup chopped onions
2 tbsp tamarind paste
Salt as per taste
1/4 tbsp turmeric

For Seasoning:
1 tbsp oil
1/4 tbsp mustard seeds
1/4 tbsp cumin seeds
4-5 Red chillies
Few curry leaves
2 Garlic pods

Method:
In a pressure cooker, add washed toor dal

To it, Add green chillies and purslane leaves

Add chopped tomatoes

Add onion pieces

And finally add 1 cup of water and pressure cook for 5 visils and set it aside to cool. Open the lid of the pressure cooker and the dal is completely cooked as below

To this, add salt and turmeric

Add tamarind paste

Mix and mash well and cook for 5 min till the raw smell of tamarind disappears and switch off the heat and transfer the dal into a bowl

In a pan, add oil and when it is hot, add mustard seeds, cumin, red chillies, crushed garlic,curry leaves and fry for two min.

Garnish the dal with the seasoning.Dal is ready to be served!

Goes well with white rice and ghee combo, chapathi, roti and all kinds of breads