Mint chutney(Thovayal)
Ingredients:
Mint - 1 cup
Coriander – ½ cup
Coconut – 2 tbsps
Salt – to taste
Seasoning:
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Urad dal – 1 tsp
Asafoedita(hing) – a pinch
Red chilies – 4
Oil – 1 tsp
Method:
1. Heat a pan, add oil and add all the other seasoning ingredients.
2. Let that splatter.
3. Now add mint, coriander and coconut.
4. Sauté for 5 mins and let it cool.
5. Grind well, and add salt mix well.
6. Serve with idli,dosai,vadai,bonda,pakoda etc.,
Ingredients:
Gram dal - 2 cups
(channa dal)
Coriander leaves - 1/4 cups
Salt - to taste
Curry leaves - little
Ginger - 1 cm
Onion - 2
Fennel seeds - 2 tbps
Method :
1. Soak gram dal in water for 2 hours.
2. Wash with water and drain off water.
3. Chop onion, curry leaves and coriander leaves.
4. Grind the dal coarsely with green chilies,ginger and fennel seeds.
5. Add all the other cut ingredients add salt and mix well.
6. Take a lemon size of the dough and make it into vadai.
7. Deep fry in oil till golden in color.
