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Tangy Spicy Chutney

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Ingredients.

1 large Onion chopped

2 tomato chopped

6 to 7 green chilly’s choppedImage
1/2 tbsp Mustard seeds

4 spoon mustard or cooking oil

20 to 25 curry leaves

salt to taste

pinch of red chili powder

Method :

Heat Mustard oil in a kadhai , lower the flame and add curry leaves and mustard seeds let them splutter now add chopped onions and green chilly and keep tossing and saute for a minute, now add chopped tomato’s and pinch of salt and red chilli powder and saute till tomato are boiled and gives out gravy in chutney. take the chutney out of kadhai and serve with hot paratha or additional with roti sabzi.

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Suji Upma

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Ingredients:

Sooji/Semolina – 1 cup

Oil – 3 tbsp

Mustard Seeds – 1/2 tsp

Raw Peanuts – 2 tbsp

Turmeric Powder – 1/4 tsp

Dry Red Chili – 1

Coriander powder- pinch

Curry Leaves – few

Green Chili – to taste, finely chopped

Onions – 1 small, finely chopped

Carrots – 1/2 cup

tomato – half chopped

Salt – to taste

Water – 1.5 cups

Yogurt- half cup

Method:

In a heavy bottomed pan on medium heat, roast suji for some time till little golden ,take this aside and let it cool for some time now in the same pan pour 2 tbsp of Oil. Allow it to heat and then add  Mustard Seeds, Once they start popping, add some curry leaves and keep rest for last ,  Cook for 30 seconds and add chopped tomato, onions, green chillis , carrots and spices like red Chili powder, Turmeric Powder and coriander powder a pinch. Saute all the vegetables and spices till cooked not brown.  add salt . Mix  some Yogurt with the Water in a bowl and pour into the pan. Keep mixing, till it comes to boil, lower heat and add small amounts of Suji one by one, keep mixing it and make sure there are no dry lumps of suji. Now Cover and cook for 2-3 minutes. Open the lid and mix and fluff up the Upma. Turn the flame off, cover and allow it to rest for another 5 minutes.

You can add Ketchup or coconut chutney with upma and enjoy it with tea. Ideal meal for breakfast or evening snack.