Coconut Chutney

Ingredients:
Grated coconut - 1 cup
Pottu kadalai / dalia - 2 tbsp
Green chillies - 3 or 4 nos
Curry leaves - few
Salt to taste.
Seasonings:
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Curry leaves - few
Oil - 1 tsp
Method:

• Grind all the ingredients with a little water to a fine paste.
• And season it with mustard and curry leaves.

Serve with idli or dosa or pongal.

Pudhina / Mint chutney

Ingredients:
Mint / pudhina - 1 bunch
Small onion - 10 or large onion - 1
Red chillies - 4
Cumin seed - 1 tsp
Channa dhal - 1 tsp
Urad dhal - 1 tsp
Grated coconut - 2 tbsp
Tamarind - 1/4 lemon size
Tomato 1 small
Oil - 2 tsp
Salt to taste.
Method:

• Pick pudina (mint) leaves, discard the stems and wash.
• In a kadai put the oil and fry onion,red chillies,cumin seeds,urad dhal and channa dhal.
• Now add tomoto. fry 2 minutes.
• Same pan add the mint leaves and saute for 2 mins till they wilt.
• Add coconut and tamarind to that and fry altogether for one more minute.
• Cool it. Add salt and grind to a thick paste.

Serve with steamed rice or idli or dosa.

Beetroot Chutney

Ingredients:
Beetroot - 1 ( grated )
Small onion - 10 nos
Red chillies - 4
Grated coconut - 3 tbsp
Corriander seeds - 1/2 tbsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tbsp
Curry leaves - few
Tamarind - 1 grape size
Oil - 1 tbsp
Salt to taste.
Method:

• Heat oil in a pan add the onion,red chillies,corriander seeds,cumin seeds and curry leaves.
• Fry them until it turns brownish.
• Finally add grated coconut and tamarind and fry them 1 minute.
• In the same pan fry the grated beetroot with little oil until it turn dry.
• Grind all together with salt until it turns a thick paste. Serve with rice and dosai.

Kollu Paruppu / Horse Gram Chutney

Ingredients:
Kollu paruppu ( horese gram ) - 1 cup
Tomato - 1/2
Small and young brinjal - 1
Onion - 1 ( chopped )
Greenchillies - 3 ( chopped )
Curry leaves - few
Corriander seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Garlic -1 piece ( potional )
Oil - 1 tbsp
Tamarind - 1/4" piece

Salt to taste.
Method:

• Pressure cook the horse gram ( kollu ) with 1/2 tomato,brinjal,turmeric powder,salt and 2 cups of water.
• Allow upto 4 0r 5 whisles.
• Heat oil in a pan, add onion,green chillies,curry leaves,crushed corriander and cumin seeds and saute them until it is light brown in color.
• Then add cooked horse gram and tamarind and allow to boil for 5 minutes.
• Transfer the dhal with garlic to a blender and allow to run 1 or 2 rounds.( don't grind too much ) Serve with hot rice and ghee.