This curd chutney ( dont know how to name this dish as this is called in kongunadu as "thayir thalichadhu") is a popular dish in kongunadu area.
The people here will do this when there is excess of curd in their home. Lets go to the recipe now.
Ingredients:
Curd - 2 cups
Onion - 2 medium - chop fine
Green chillies - 4 - slit into 2
Curry leaves - few
Salt
To temper:
Oil - 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
Gram dhal - 1/2 tsp
Urad dhal - 1 tsp
To garnish:
Coriander leaves - few
Method:
1. In a bowl, whisk curds and required amount of salt. Keep it aside.
2. Heat kadai and temper with the given ingredients.
3. Add onions, green chillies and curry leaves. Stir it till onions are transparent.
4. Remove from the flame and allow it to cool.
5. Add this mixture to the whisked curds.
6. Garnish and serve with idlis, dosas along with coconut chutney.
Tip:
1. Always cool the onion mixture before adding it to the curds, otherwise it will curdle.
2. This chutney along with coconut chutney gives a best combination for idlis and dosas.
3. Don't add water to chutney. If curd has water in it, remove it and add salt.
Before i take the photo, my hubby had finished half of it. So the bowl has only little one.
Lachha paratha
Lachha paratha is a flat style indian bread/ roti and it will be very crisp. Do try this out.
Ingredients:
1. Mix the flour and salt and knead into a soft dough with a little water at a time. Keep aside.
4. Take each ball and roll into a long, finger-thick noodle shape.
7. Heat tava on a medium flame.
8. Place the paratha on the hot tava. Turn it after 1/2 minute and spread ghee on one side. Then flip it over again apply ghee/oil. Fry it till its crisp and golden brown.
Ingredients:
whole wheat flour/ Maida - 2 cups
Water to make dough
Salt to taste
Ghee / Oil - 1/2 cup
Method:
Method:
1. Mix the flour and salt and knead into a soft dough with a little water at a time. Keep aside.
3. Divide the dough into small sized balls.
4. Take each ball and roll into a long, finger-thick noodle shape.
and spread like a thin finger shape like this one.
5. Coil this long finger strip into a spiral.
6. Flour a rolling surface lightly and very gently roll out the spiral into a flat circle about 5" in diameter (1/3" thick).
7. Heat tava on a medium flame.
8. Place the paratha on the hot tava. Turn it after 1/2 minute and spread ghee on one side. Then flip it over again apply ghee/oil. Fry it till its crisp and golden brown.
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