Tomato Ginger Chutney

Tomato and Ginger Chutney

This is my Hubby's favorite chutney, this chutney is his family recipe also called as Mixture Chutney in Sourashtra. The flavour of ginger and tanginess of tomatoes compliments each other and it is very easy to prepare.

Ingredients

Tomato big( chopped)- 1 no

Ginger piece( chopped)- 1"

Whole dry red chilli- 4 nos

Coconut shredded- 1/4 cup

Salt to taste

Oil- 1/2 tsp

for tempering

Mustard seeds- 1 tsp

Urad dal- 1 tsp

Curry leaves- few

Oil-1 tsp

Tomato Ginger Chutney

Method

Saute chopped tomatoes, ginger and dry red chilli in 1/2 tsp oil for few secs, remove from heat and allow to cool. Grind the sauteed ingredients to smooth paste with coconut, required salt and water. Heat 1 tsp oil in a tadka/ small pan when hot add mustard seeds. When mustard seeds crackle add urad dal and curry leaves, fry until urad dal turns golden brown. Add this tempering to the ground chutney and mix well. Serve Tomato Ginger Chutney with idli or dosa.

Sourashtrian Special Loula Puri.

This is a popular Sourashtrian snack, we prepare this snack very often and my hubby( being Sourashtrian) enjoys this snack a lot. These Loula puri has crispy outside, soft and spongy inside and sure to melt in mouth

Ingredients

Maida/ All purpose flour-1 1/2cup

Sugar-1/2cup

Cardamom crushed-2

Fried Cashew nuts-15( broken into small pieces)

Baking soda-pinch

Water required

Oil to deep fry

Method

In a medium size bowl add maida, sugar, cardamom, baking soda and required water, mix well to make a smooth and thin batter of pouring consistency. Add fried cashew nuts to the batter. Heat oil in a pan to deep fry, when oil is smoking hot take a tablespoon full of batter and drop into hot oil. Depending on the size of pan you can add about maximum of 3 to 5 puris. Reduce the heat and cook the puris on both sides till golden brown and crisp.