Tomato Peanut Chutney

Tomato Peanut Chutney Recipe
Prep & Cooking: 20-25 mts
Serves 4-5 persons
Cuisine: South Indian
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Ingredients:
3 tomatoes
1/2 cup roasted peanuts
2 green chillis
pinch of turmeric
1 tbsp tamarind paste (use if tomatoes are not tart)
4 dry red chillis (adjust)
salt to taste
2 tsps oil

For tempering/tadka/poppu:
1 tsp oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
pinch of asafoetida/inguva/hing
10-12 fresh curry leaves



1 Heat oil in a cooking vessel, add the red chillis and fry for a mt. Add the chopped tomatoes and cook till they turn soft and goey.
2 Add the green chillis and turmeric pwd combine. Add salt and turn off heat and cool.
3 Grind the roasted peanuts and then add the cooled tomato mixture and tamarind paste and make a coarse paste.
4 Heat oil in a pan, add the mustard seeds and once they splutter add the asafoetida and curry leaves and turn off heat.
5 Serve with tiffins like dosa or idli.

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Farzana's Rava Khichdi

Ingredients:

Rava - 2 cups - fry with 1 tsp of ghee
Onion - 1 big or 1 1/2 small - cut straight
Green Chillies - 6 - do not cut
Curry Leaves
Mustard Seeds
Cashew Nuts - 1 1/2 tsp
Chana Dal - 1 1/2 tsp
Carrot - 1
Peas - 1/2 cup
Cinnamon and cardamom pd - 1/2 tsp
Red Chilli Pd - 1/2 tsp
Butter - 1/2 stck
Oil
Tomato 1/2
water 7 cups


Method:
Heat oil in kadai.

Add mustard seeds, Chana dal, cashew nuts, curry leaves and onions. Fry well.

Add Veggies and fry till they are cooked.

Add tomato, yougurt and Cinnamon and cardamom pd, Red Chilli Pd and fry for few mins.

Add 7 cups of water and bring it to boil.

Add rava slowly and mix without lumps. Add butter and mix well.

Garnish with cilantro and serve.

Dal Keema

Ingredients:

-500 gr chana dal washed and soaked for 30 minutes
-1 cup Keema
-4 tablespoons yogurt
-1 teaspoon turmeric powder
-2 teaspoons coriander powder
-1 teaspoon garam masala
-1 large onion chopped fine
-1/2 teaspoon garlic paste
-1/2 teaspoon ginger paste
-4 green chilies
-1/2 bunch coriander leaves
-2 tablespoons oil
-pinch of chili powder
-salt to taste


Method:

-Heat oil in the pressure cooker and fry the onions until golden brown.

-Add garlic paste, ginger paste and chopped green chilies. Fry for a minute.
-Add cleaned and washed minced meat and fry well.

-When the meat turns brown, add chana dal to the meat and stir in the turmeric, coriander, chili powder, salt.

-Fry for a minute, add yogurt, 3 cups of water, close cooker and cook till the dal is done.

-Then remove and cool the cooker, open cooker and garnish with cilantro and Kasoori Methi(optional).