Peanuts Chutney - Kongunadu style

Peanut chutney is my favorite and to my DH too. We will prepare this dish often in home.



Ingredients:

Peanuts - 1/2 cup

Small onions - 2 cup

Red chillies - 2

Curry leaves - few

Jeera - 1 tsp

Coriander seeds/ powder - 1 1/2 tbsp

Oil - 1 tbsp

Salt

Soaked Tamarind - 3 pods

Coconut - 1/2 cup [ optional] I don't use it.

Preparation:

1. Heat kadai, add onions and oil.

2. Saute till onions are well cooked.

3. Add red chillies and curry leaves and fry for 1 min.

4. Simmer the flame and add jeera. Saute for 30 sec.

5. Add coriander powder/ seeds and saute in simmer flame for 1 min.

6. Cool, add peanuts and coconut.

7. Grind in adding soaked tamarind and salt.

8. Serve with idly and rice.

Baby Potato Roast

Baby potato roast is a favorite recipe in our home. We used to prepare this often using either baby potatoes or normal big potatoes.




Ingredients:

Baby potatoes - 1/2 kg

Salt

Fry in ghee/oil and grind to a powder coarsely:

Red chillies - 4

Coriander seeds -  2 tbsp

Gram Dhal - 2 tbsp

Hing - 1/2 tsp

Roasted peanuts/ grated Coconut  - 2 tbsp (add at last and switch it off). [optional]

To temper:

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

Oil - 4 tbsp

Preparation:

1. Boil potatoes with salt. Cook potatoes such that they should be boiled well, firm and not soft.

2. Peel the skin and prick each potatoes with fork.

3. Heat oil in a kadai and temper.

4. Add potatoes, haldi and required powder and simmer the flame.

5. Saute till potatoes are crisp and brown on the top.

6. Serve with curd rice, Sambhar rice, Rotis..