Apple pickle

I bought Pink Lady apples, which are a bit sour and so i made pickle out of it. You can also use green apples.

Ingredients:

1 Apple (sour)

1tbsp Chilli powder

1/2tsp salt

For Tadka:

1/2tsp Mustard seeds

1/2tsp Urad dal

1/2tsp Cumin seeds

4-5 Curry leaves

3 dry red chilli (broken)

1 pinch Asafoetida

Oil

How to:

• Slice and remove the core from the apple and chop finely.

• Add the chilli powder and salt to the apple and mix well.

• Let it marinate for an hr.(salt oozes out water)

• Now heat oil in a pan, add the tadka ingredients, fry'em and mix well with the marinated apple.

Serve with curd rice or dal rice.

Mmm, Spicy!

Tip:

You can increase the quantity,add 1tsp vinegar and store it in an air tight container for upto a week.

Red Bell Pepper Chutney

Ingredients:

1 red bell pepper (large)

4-5 dry red chilli

3 garlic pods

5-6 curry leaves

2-3 pieces tamarind

1/2tsp mustard seeds

1/2tsp Urad dal

1 pinch Asafoetida (hing)

Salt

Oil

Tadka:

4-5 curry leaves

2 dry red chilli (broken)

1/2tsp mustard seeds

1/2tsp urad dal

1tsp cumin seeds

1 pinch Asafoetida

How to:

• Wash and dice the red bell pepper, and keep it aside.
• In a skillet, heat oil, add mustard seeds, when it starts spluttering, add urad dal, dry red chilli, curry leaves and hing. Then add garlic pods.
• Now add the bell pepper and saute along with tamarind and cook until it turns tender.

• Let the mixture cool and coarse grind it along with salt for taste.

• Now, heat oil in a pan, add the tadka ingredients, saute and add it to the chutney.

Serve with idly or dosa.

Tadka Dal(Paruppu)

Ingredients:

1 cup Toor dal

1 1/2tbsp Yellow onion (chopped)

1/2 Tomato (chopped)

2 green chilli (slit)

1/4tsp Turmeric powder

Salt

Tadka:

4 dry red chillies (broken)

1/2tsp mustard seeds

1/2tsp urad dal

1tsp cumin seeds

1 1/2tbsp Yellow onion (chopped)

2 garlic pods (minced)

1-2 green chilli (chopped)

5-6 Curry leaves

Pinch of Asafoetida

1 1/2tbsp ghee

How to:

• Pressure cook the toor dal along with onion, tomato, green chilli and turmeric powder.

• Once cooked, mash it up, adjust the salt and keep it aside.

• In a pan, heat ghee, add the tadka ingredients in the given order and fry'em.

• Now add it to the mashed dal and mix it well.

• Finally, garnish with cilantro.

Serve with steamed rice or chapathi.

Who doesn't love paruppu sadam (rice) with ghee?

Coconut Chutney

Ingredients:

1 Cup Grated Coconut
3 green chillies (chopped)
2 Garlic cloves (chopped)
1 small piece Ginger (chopped)
1 small piece Tamarind
Salt

Tadka:

1tsp Mustard seeds
1tsp Urad Dal
1tsp Cumin seeds
3 Dry Red Chilli (broken)
5-6 Curry Leaves
Pinch of Asafoetida
1tbsp Oil

How to:

• Grind the green chillies, tamarind, ginger and garlic along with salt
• Now add the coconut, water and make a paste.
• Adjust the salt to taste.

• Now heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and urad dal.
• When mustard seeds crackle, add cumin seeds.
• Now add red chilli and asafoetida and fry.
• Finally add curry leaves and pour the tadka into the ground mixture.

Hungry, huh? How about a crispy Dosa to go with?