Tomato onion chutney

• Onion – 3 nos (Roughly chopped)
• Tomato – 1 nos (Roughly chopped)
• Tamarind – ¼ size of lemon
• Garlic – 2
• Red chilly - 2
• Asafetida – a pinch
• Mustard seed – 1 tsp
• Urad dal – 1 tsp
• Curry leaves
• Oil – 1 ½ tsp
• Salt – to taste

1. In a kadai add 1 tsp oil, onion, tomato, tamarind, garlic, red chilly and asafetida. Fry it nicely till the raw smell goes.
2. In the mixer grind in finely. Transfer to a vessel.
3. In a kadai add remaining oil; let it heats after that add mustard seeds, urad dal, and the curry leaves. Pour this over the chutney now it is ready to serve.

Dry fish curry or Nethili fish curry

Nethili fish

This a dry recipe made of dry fish. Actually I thought of making some thing else and resulted in this, new invention. You can have this as a side dish for any thing even for bread, dosa, sambar, rasam, chappati, phulka etc.

• Dry fish – 12 -13 pieces (Nethili fish)
• Onion – 4 (finely chopped)
• Tomato – 2 (finely chopped)
• Coconut – 5-6 small pieces
• Tamarind – ¼ lemon size
• Chilly powder – ½ tsp
• Cumin seed – ½ tsp
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Ginger-Garlic paste – 2 tsp
• Oil – 3-4 tsp (recommended coconut oil) 
• Salt – to taste

1. Soak the fish in water for 10-15 min.
2. Wash the dry fish nicely with generous amount of water.
3. In the mixer grind the coconut with tamarind to a nice paste, keep it aside.
4. Now in a wok add oil, let it heat.
5. Add cumin seeds, when it starts to crackle add the fish, fry it nicely.
6. Add onion. When it becomes light brown add ginger-garlic paste.
7. Now add the chopped tomatoes and all the masalas, let it cook.
8. When the tomatoes mash well add the ground paste, now taste the seasonings and adjust according to your taste.
9. When oil oz out, the curry is ready to serve hot with rice as a side dish. 

Brown chutney or Sweet chutney

This chutney is made of tamarind, jaggery, dates etc. This can be used for any chat item like Pani Puri, bhel puri, sev puri, aloo tikki, and even you can eat for chapatti, puri, samosas etc, as a side dish.

• Tamarind – ½ cup(seedless)
• Dates - ½ cup(seedless)
• Jaggery - ½ cup
• Red chilly – 2 or even 3 also up to your taste
• Dry ginger – ½ tsp (Sounth powder)
• Cumin seed powder – 1tsp
• Coriander seeds – 1 tsp
• Black salt – to taste (Kala namak)

1. On the stove, keep a wok add tamarind, dates, jaggery and dry chilli with some water.
2. Let it boil for 5min.
3. Let it cool.
4. Now in a mixer add this with all other ingredients.
5. Make a nice paste and filter it and taste it, if you requires any thing you can add now.
6. Store this chutney in a air tight bottle and use it for any thing as a side dish.

Hot Sweet & Sour Paste

• Tamarind strips - 100gms
  
• Chillies - 15 no.(green or red)
  
• Jaggery - ½ cup
  
• Salt - 1tsp
  
• Cumin seeds - 1tsp
  
• Mustard seeds - ½ tsp
• Oil - 1tbsp (hot)

1. Heat the  tamarind in 1/3 cup water.
2. When it starts to boil, switch off the fire.
3. Cool it till you can be handled.
4. Now put jaggery, tamarind with water and chillies in a small wet grinder.
5. Run till the ingredients are crushed coarsely.
6. Add salt, cumin seeds, run again till it become smooth.
7. Use as little water as possible.
8. Heat oil, add mustard seeds, allow to splutter.
9. Pour over paste, mix gently till well mixed.
10. Store in a clean and airtight glass bottle  in refrigerator till required.

Tamarind Paste

It is an basic paste used for many things like rasam, pani for pani puri, tamarind rice etc. You can store  it in the fridge for long time. All of you try it at home and send us your reply.

• Tamarind - 500 gms
  


• Salt - 20 gms
  


• Oil - 1 tsp
  


• Water- 2 cup(Hot)

1. Clean and soak the tamarind in 1 cup of hot water,but  remove any seeds in tamarind.


2. Now boil it  after 20 minutes.


3. Cool and blend it in mixer till smooth.


4. Now add the remaining water, mix well.


5. Pass through a sieve.
   


6. Heat oil in deep heavy pan and add tamarind paste, bring to a boil.


7. Add salt, cook till a thick coating consistency is got.


8. Cool it completely and  fill into clean sterile jar.