Raji Ramakrishnan

Date tamarind chutney is a sweet chutney which is used in Chaats.  It is made with dates, tamarind, jaggery and some chilli powder, roasted cumin powder, dry ginger powder etc.

Dosa with sambar and chutney anytime you serve is liked by everyone.  Varieties of dosas are made.  Here I have tried with left over bread and the sides of the bread with some semolina and came out very well.  It is an instant dosa which can be made very easily for unexpected guests.  If you add palak puree in it, you can  make it as Palak dosa.

You are fond of dabeli right. If left over masala is there, do not worry what to do.  You can fill it on top of the dosa and enjoy it. Believe me, it was awesome.

Dabeli is a street food which can be enjoyed at any time. The basic masala ingredient is potato.  The chutneys makes it more tastier.

Let us look at the recipe now:

Yam Chutney can be made very easily and goes well with rice, chapati, dosa and Idli.  I made this chutney as accompaniment for Idli today.  Normally, we use coconut for the chutney's but for this chutney i did not use coconut, still it was very tasty.

Let us have a look at the recipe now:

Ingredients:

1/4 cup yam cooked with little salt and turmeric
1/4 cup grated coconut.
1 green chilli
1 small piece of ginger finely chopped
1/2 cup curd
1-2 garlic cloves (optional I did not use it)
salt as per taste.


Seasoning:

1 tsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
a pinch of hing powder
few curry leaves
2-3 broken red chilli

Method:

Put the cooked yam, coconut, chilli, ginger, garlic, salt and grind
add some water while grinding.  when you get a smooth paste of it,
add the curd and pulse it for few seconds.
adjust the consistency by adding water.
season with the items mentioned under seasoning.

You can make avla (gooseberry) chutney, mango  chutney (mango kept in salt water for few days), pumpkin chutney etc.

see more chutney varieties


green-chutney-coriander-chutney.html
red-theeka-chutney-for-chaats.html
dry-lasoon-chutney.html
date-tamarind-sweet-chutney.html 


the above are for chaats

other chutney varieties.

mango-chutney-manga-chammandi.html
ginger-chutney-inji-chutney-inji-curry.html
uppu-mangai-arachukalaki-azhugu.html
banana-stem-chutney-vazhathandu-chutney.html
snake-gourd-chutney-padval-chutney.html
mango-jam-mango-chutney-mango-spread.html
cherry-and-tomato-chutney.html
pumpkin-flaxseed-gun-powder-diet.html
vepilakkati-narghanga-elai-podi-urugai.html
gooseberry-chutney-nellikka-chutney.html 

Goosberry contains a lot of Vitamin C.  It is eaten by everybody in the form of raw, or pickle or chutney or gooseberry rice etc.  It is also used for ayurvedic medicines since it has got lot of medicinal values. If one avla taken in the morning  is good for diabetic people.

Gooseberry chutney

Dabeli

GREEN CHUTNEY, CORIANDER CHUTNEY is made with coriander leaves and pudina leaves (mint leaves).  It is a used  for chaat items as well as can be served with any savory snacks.  Let us look at the recipe now.

green chutney

Dry lasoon chutney is normally served with Vada Pav.  this can also be served with dal rice. It is a very simple and easy preparation.

Dry lasoon chutney

Mango chutney or chammandi in malayalam it is called is  served with Kanji at home mostly.  We also have it with dosa, idli,plain rice with seasame oil, molagootal rice, dal rice etc.  This can be substituted for a pickle as it tastes sour and spicy.

Chutneys are accompaniments for dosa, idli, chapati, dal rice, curd rice and can be spread on bread for making sandwiches too.  varieties of chutneys are made.  Here i am presenting Snake Gourd chutney which is very easy to make.

Snake gourd chutney

Aloo tikki is made out of aloo or potato.  It is a nice snack as well as chat item.  Aloo chaat, ragada pattice etc. can be made out of this and is loved by one and all  in Mumbai.  The tikki can be had with some sweet chutney or sauce and the ragada pattice can enjoyed with sweet, green and thikka chutney with lots of onion and coriander topped on it.

Raj kachori is a chaat item which can be enjoyed with the sweet chutney, green chutney, curd, boiled sprouted moong or chana, boiled potatoes etc.  To top it with fine sev, pomegranate and chopped green coriander leaves.  One of my colleague brought this items in the office for celebrating his birthday and I loved it.  Since then, I wanted to make it and tried twice and failed as the kachori was not puffing  properly and becoming crisp. Third time I succeeded and served the same to my judges and neighbours and it was awesome.  Though I had made it just two days before my wedding anniversary as I wanted to serve them  for my guests, clicked photographs and completely forgotten about it.  Yesterday, again I  was told by my friends to make it for the get together today, then I remembered decorating this with pomegranate, sev, coriander leaves and the rich look of it, I remembered clicking the photographs.  So after making  a lot of kachoris today for the get together, I thought of shooting it and uploading the video too.

Raj kachori

watch the video onYoutube: raj kachori a  raj kachori b  raj kachori c  raj kachori d  raj kachori e

Shev pav is made with the normal Laadi pav we get for pav bhaji.  spicy potato masala is filled in the pav, generous amount of shev with sweet chutney and chopped coriander leaves.  It is yummy as a snack or breakfast whatever.  The aim is to fill your stomach with tasty, sumptuous item.

Hungry kyaa?  make this and enjoy.

shev pav

Banana stem chutney is made with the the cooked stem or sauted stem, coconut and chilli.  It is a nice chutney goes well with dosa, idli, and a a side dish for some mild curries like dal, molagootal and curd rice.  Since it has got medicinal values, i make it a point to include the same atleast once in a week as it is available through out the year.

Tomato onion chutney is a good accompaniment along with dosa, idli, uttappa etc.  It can be had with rice too.  this is a diet friendly dish.

If you do not have coconut at home or if you want a diet friendly chutney, you can opt for this.  This can be made instantly as tomatoes and onions are always available at home.

tomato onion chutney

Ginger has got many medicinal values. it is good for digestion, cold, nausea etc.   this simple ginger chutney goes along with any mild curry like plain dal, molagootal etc.  it goes along with dosa, idli, upma also.

I tasted  it when I visited my cousin's house at Calicut.  She had made this chutney along with molagootal.

Let us have a look at the simple inji curry which can be prepared within 5 minutes if you have the ingredients in your fridge.