Easy Tomato Onion Chutney

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Simple and an easy chutney for idli, dosa, adai and many more tiffen items.

I usually prepare chutney by first saluting onion and tomato, and then grind it. But, the time i need to wait for the saluted onion and tomato to cool , makes me restless.... So, i just tried this method. Though the taste differs, this chutney tastes great.

This chutney can be made with small onions also, i used bigger ones to make the whole process simple, easy and fast.

Try this chutney with idli, dosa, even with chapathi.

Easy Tomato Onion Chutney                                Preparation time: 10 mins |Cooking time: 15 mins | Serves: 2 Ingredients Onion 1 big Tomato 3 medium Red chilli 1 or 2 Ginger 1 inch Salt As required Oil 1 ½ tbsp Mustard ¼ tsp Urad dal ½ tsp Kadala paruppu ½ tsp Curry leaves 1 sprig Asafoetida A generous pinch Method 1. Roughly cut the onion and tomatoes. 2. Grind onion, tomatoes, red chilli, ginger, salt to a fine puree. 3. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard, urad dal, channa dal, curry leaves and asafoetida. 4. Now add the puree and stir continuosly till the raw smell smell of onions and tomatoes goes off. Saute them till the volumes reduces to a thick chutney consistenty. Have them with hot idli, dosa.. It will taste really really great !!!!

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Filter Coffee | Filter kappi

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I am back with another favorite beverage of mine. Yes, i do like tea, but i am also a fan of filter coffee.

More than the taste of coffee , i like the whole process of making decoction. It is an art that i always wanted to master and i hope i am getting the hang of it.

In my parents place, we usually drink lots of tea rather than coffee, but in my in laws place a day cannot be started without filter coffee. What an irony :) But since i love both tea and coffee, i can adjust.

When i go for vacation , i always make sure i get coffee podi as we always call. But this time i tried a new brand from indian stores here. It is also doing justice to the taste. I bought Kotha's coffee powder.

I am the only one who drinks tea and coffee here in usa, my husbands is not a that found of tea and coffee. So, i am the only one enjoying the filter coffee...

Filter Coffee | Filter kappi                                Preparation time: 5 mins |Cooking time: 15 mins | Serves: 2 Ingredients Coffee Powder 2 Tbsp Water                          ¼ cup + 1 Tbsp Milk ¾ cup Sugar  As needed Method 1. Add the coffee powder to the perforated upper part of the filter. and press gently with hands.  Note : If you press too hard ( tightly packed), the water will not get pass the perforations and decoction will not be collected. If the powder is loosely packed, the decoction might not be strong. 2. Bring the water to boil and add it gently to the filter and close the lid. 3. After 15 - 20 mins, the decoction would have collected in the bottom part of the filter. 4. Bring milk to boil, add sugar and add the decoction depending on how strong you want   your coffee.

  Hot Hot filter kappi ready !!!  Nothing can beat a evening with hot cup of filter kappi.... 

Enjoy !!!!

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Tomato Soup | Thakkali Soup

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Tomato Soup Preparation time: 5 mins |Cooking time: 20 mins | Serves: 2 Ingredients Tomato 4 Nos  Beetroot 1 or 2 inch piece  Garlic 1/8 tsp (Finely chopped)  Cinnamon  1 inch piece  Bay leaf  1  Clove  1  Corn Flour  1 Tsp  Cream ( Optional)  1 Tbsp  Butter  1 Tbsp  Salt  As required Method   1. Pressure cook the tomatoes, beetroot along with garlic, bay leaf, cinnamon, clove for about two whistle in 1 to 1 1/4 cup of water.    2. After the pressure releases from the cooker, remove the bay leaf, cinnamon. Blend the rest with a hand blender.   Since i did not have the hand blender, i drained the excess water ( Save them for later use) and blended the blanched tomatoes in mixie. Blended them thoroughly. Now, Strain the tomato puree and add the water we saved before. Yes, it is an long process.  3. Heat a vessel, add butter. Then add the tomato puree. Allow it to boil.  Meanwhile, mix the corn flour with 2 Tbsp water. 4. Add the corn flour water . The mixture starts to thicken.  Add salt as required. 5. Finally add the cream. Switch off the flame. Add some pepper as required. Serve with bread croutons......    Note:          1.  The colour of the soup changes on adding cream. So, it is optional.        2.  Since i added 1 - 1 1/4 cup of water while pressure cooking, i could not directly blend  them all in mixie. So i had to separate the water from tomato, and  blended the tomato .Finally added the water.

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Cabbage, Carrot, Peas poriyal

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This is my first "Poriyal" Post. A colourful and healthy poriyal. I usually dont mix two or three vegetables and make poriyal. One of my friend invited me and my husband for lunch and she has prepared this wonderful Poriyal, So i thought of blogging this poriyal.

Cabbage, Carrot, Peas poriyal Preparation time: 10 mins |Cooking time: 15 mins | Serves: 3 Ingredients Cabbage 2 cups (Finely chopped) Carrot 1 cups (Finely chopped) Peas ½ Cup Curry leave 1 Sprig Coconut (Grated) 4 Tbsp Turmeric ¼ cup Salt As needed Green chillies 2 nos Oil 2 Tsp Mustard 1 Tsp Urad Dal 1 Tsp Kadala Paruppu 1 Tsp Method  1. Heat a pan. add oil followed by mustard. After mustard sputters, add urad dal, kadala paruppu, curry leaves , finely chopped green chilli.  Add salt , turmeric powder ( optional) and mix them thoroughly. 2. Then add cabbage,carrot, peas. Cook them closed. Stir them in between. It took 10to 15 minutes. Finally add grated coconut.

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Tomato Rasam

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It has been very long since i posted here. I wanted to post one of my favorite and it was a rainy day. What other dish will be appropriate other than our very own Rasam....

Hot rice, Rasam with vendaka poriyal are deadly combination. Rasam sadam is my favourite next to vetha kuzhambhu. Nothing can beat hot rasam with vendaka poriyal.

Tomato Rasam Preparation time: 10 mins |Cooking time: 15 mins | Serves: 2 Ingredients Tomato 2                 Tamarind Gooseberry sized Thuvar Dhal 1/4 Cup Sambar Podi 2 Tsp Turmeric ¼ Tsp Asafoetida Generous pinch Curry leaves 1 sprig Coriander leaves For garnishing Ghee 1 – 2 Tsp Mustard ½ Tsp Salt As needed Method   1. Soak tamarind in 1 cup of water. Cook thuvar dal and keep aside. Grind One tomato in a mixie  and chop another tomato randomly.   2.  In a vessel add tomato puree, tamarind water, turmeric, asafoetida, curry leaves,and add an extra cup of water. Bring them to boil.   3. let it boil for few minutes. Now add sambar powder and bring it to boil. Temper rasam with ghee and mustard. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve with hot rice and vendaka poriyal....

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Watermelon Juice

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During my college days, daily me and my friend go to a nearby canteen and have this watermelon juice. It used to be really refreshing, because we need energy to travel back home which used to take us about one and half hour. This juice was our life saver. Summer comes, we are sure to have this daily. It was one of the cheapest juice available, you know right, pocket money are never sufficient to meet students needs.

You can have watermelon as it is, instead of juice. Eating it as such is even more fun !!!!

Watermelon Juice Preparation time: 5 mins |Cooking time: 5 mins | Serves: 3 Ingredients Water Melon 5 Cups chopped Sugar ½ Cup Method  1. Remove the green part of watermelon from its red pulp and blend the red pulp to a smooth mixture using a blender or large mixie jar. 2. Strain the juice in metal strainer and add sugar. Mix them thoroughly. Add ice if needed or else just refrigerate and serve cold.

A refreshing and healthy drink, perfect for a hot summer evening.

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