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Thursday, March 25, 2010

Ellu-Dhaniya Chutney

Ingredients
Ellu - one spoon
Dhaniya - 3 spoons
Molaga - 2
Urad Dhall - 2 spoons
Kadalai paruppu - 2 spoons
Salt to taste

Preparation
1. Dry Roast all the above.
2. Grind wel
3. Add water and grind like chutney
4. Goes well with Rice kanji.

Rice-Ulunthu Kanji

Ingredients
Rice : Ulunthu - 1:4 - for one person - rice - 1/4 cup, ulundhu 2 spoons
Vendhayam - 1 spoon
poondu - big one - 3 - cut into small pieces

Preparation
1. Boil all the above with 3-4 times water in a thick bottomed vessel till soft.
Alternatively, soak for about half an hour and cook in pressure cooker with 1.5 cups of water.
2. Add little salt and allow to boil.
3. Add 1/4 cup milk when done
4. Let it boil once.

Remove and serve hot.

Goes well with Ellu Thovayal (Roast Ellu 2 spoons, coconut 1 spoon, red chilli 2-3, dhaniya 1 spoon, Asfoetida/hing a pinch, and salt to taste, can add about 1-2 spoons of channa dhal for quantity)