Lime n' Mint

Simple and delicious Peanut Chutney is a one more  accompaniment for steamed Idliies and Dosas.

Raw Onion Chutney is a simple, quick and strong flavoured tangy side accompaniment for Idly and Dosa.

Pudina Pulao - Mint Pulao with Vegetable Raita Pudina is a  nice aromatic herb. Today i bought a huge  bunch of Pudina from market.I thought to prepare simple and easy aromatic Pudina Pulao along with Vegetable Raita.

Madras Cucumber, Manglore Cucumber or Vellarikka or Dosakaya  or South Indian Cucucmber looks big in size and dark yellow  in color. Totally this is a  wonderful vegetable contains full of water and nice flavor. We can make so many recipes with this vegetable. Today's my recipe is one my best friend's (Palakkad iyer's) Onam Sadya recipe. It is a delicious healthy vegetable yogurt chutney recipe in my way......

Roasted Tomato Yoghurt chutney  కాల్చిన  టమాట పెరుగు పచ్చడి    Something refreshing and healthy Chutney. Ingredients: Tomato                  1 big Yogurt                   1 cup,(100g.) Salt                         to taste Cumin powder        1/2 tea spoon Turmeric powder    a pinch(optional Seasoning:        Vegetable oil        1 tea spoon Bengal gram seeds 1/2 tea spoon Mustard seeds      1/2 tea spoon Cumin seeds         1/2 tea spoon Whole Red chilli    1(here i used Kashmir chilli)(make it into 2 pieces) Asafoteda            1/4 tea spoon curry leaves          2 Method: Take clea...

Spinach Chutney(Palak Chutney) Spinach Chutney is is an excellent healthy side dish with any south Indian or North Indian meal. Spinach itself  a healthy leaf vegetable. Often i used to make either Spinach Dal or Spinach curry or Spinach Paratha or Spinach Tomato mixed Curry.  This is my Mother in law's style Spinach Chutney (Palakura Pachadi). She likes to add a bit tamarind more in her chutneys.I like to add little lesser.(If we add tamarind more means taste is a bit sour and spicy means we have to add more red chillies also). Ingredients: Spinach   (Palakura)          1 bunch around 100g.(washed and chop ) Red chillies                      2  Bengal gram                      2 table spoons Cumin seeds                    2 table spoons Grat...

Dates Chutney Yesterday i am cleaning my Fridge...in this process i saw one packet full of Dates....this is the wonderful result........in this chutney i added somes Apricots and Raisins also.... Dates                       1 cup(de seeded and cut into small pieces) Raisins,Apricots       1/2 cup(Apricots also de seeded and cut small in to pieces,Raisins are seed less directly i used) Jaggery                  1/2 cup Red chilli powder   1 table spoon Salt                       1 table spoon Mustard seeds         1/2 teaspoon(pounded coarsely  in Mortal)  Cumin seeds           1 tea spoon(Fry for few min(till seeds turn it to brown color iand nice aroma comes)in a Pan,pounded coarsely in Mortal. Tamarind juice       2 table spoo...

 Beerakaya Pachadi Ritze gourd is easy digestive vegetable in all Gourds.    Now i am posting Simple, easy digestive  fresh Ridge gourd chutney. Delicacy from State of Andhra Pradessh. This chutney is healthy too... Ridge gourd chutney(Beerakaya Pachadi) Ingredients: Ridge gourd-(Beerakaya) 1 big size around 100 to 150g.  Black gram                    1 tea spoon Red chilli                       1 Cumin seeds                  1/2 tea spoon Tamarind                      10g.(small ball size) Vegetable oil                1 tea spoon Salt                                to taste around 1 tea spoon Seasoning:...

This Chutney is served with all time favorite Savories or break fast recipes like Idly,Vada,Dosa and Upma etc. My sons used to call this chutney white coconut chutney,because of this color.It is a very good accompanist to all Indian savory  recipes.it is very easy to make.

Andhra style Spicy Coconut Chutney(Kobbari Pahadi)(కొబ్బరి పచ్చడి ) Ingredients: Coconut                  1/2 coconut (grate nicely with coconut grater or in mixer grinder)  whole red chillies     4 +1 (1 is for seasoning) Black gram                1 table spoon Bengal gram               1 table spoon Cumin                       1 table spoon Fenugreek seeds        1 tea spoon Tamarind                   50g Salt                          1 tea spoon full Vegetable Oil            50g (Sugar                       1 tea spoon optional) Turmeric        ...

Hi blogger friends: This is my US Masala tried and tasted first entry.Actually i liked all recipes from her blog. Today i tried Raitas and Salads from her blog recipes. This event is originally  started by  Zlamushkas's Spicy Kitchen  and owned by Lakshmi of   Kitchen Chronicles   This is my first entry    Tried and Tasted  .The event of the month  US Masala  blog.  We love raitas.Today i thought to try  US Masala assorted raitas. Spinach raita: Bhoondi raita:

Ginger Chutney or Allam Pachadi is a chutney from the state of Andhra. Usually this chutney is very popular in all Andhra Pradesh homes. This chutney is served as a side dish with Pesarattu( green gram dosa), Vada, Idly or simply with curd rice. Ingredients: Whole Red chillies    5 Bengal gram             1 table spoon full Black gram               1 table spoon full Fenugreek seeds       1 tea spoon Cumin seeds             1 table spoon full Tamarind                  10g (soak in hot water) Ginger                       10g (clean and remove skin and cut into pieces) Sugar or jaggery       3 table spoon full  Turmeric                   1/2 tea spoon     Vegetable oil ...