Wednesday, July 23, 2008

The world of chutney

Chutney or chamandhi which is the side dish for Idli, Dosa etc brings a taste difference to the otherwise daily routine of Idli or Dosa. I thought let me collate the various forms of chutney prepared at home. All the names used down are coll names we use at home.

"Pachha" Chutney or thenga chutney
- Grated coconut, 2-3 green chilli and salt to taste grinded together

Orange chutney
- Grated coconut, 2-3 red chilli, small onion and salt to taste grinded together

Ulli chamndhi
- Small onion, 2-3 green chilli and salt to taste grinded together

Malakku chamandhi
- Small onion, 2-3 red chilli and salt to taste grinded together

Brown chamandhi
- Fry Small onion, 2-3 red chilli in small amount of oil. Add salt to taste and grind together

Thakkali chamandhi
- Fry tomoto and 2-3 red chilli in small amount of oil. Add salt to taste and grind together.

Thakkali ulli chamandhi
- Grind tomoto, onion, red chilli and salt to taste. Then boil it till it become red.

chukuppu Thenga chutney
- Grind coconut with fried red chilli (in small amount of oil) and salt to taste.

Thakkali coconut chutney
- Grind coconut with fried tomato and red chilli. After that boil it for some time on medium fire.

1 comment:

manoranjini said...

wow !! thats some fun info there !!..hope atleast these easiest recipes on earth will motivate a lazy bum like me to start cooking on my own .. amazed to know that there were soo many varities of something as commonplace as our own chutney :P