Wednesday, January 20, 2010

KOLLU CHUTNEY

Ingredients:
Horse gram/ Kollu – 1/2 cup
Turmeric – 1/2 tsp
Tomato – 1
Oil – 1/2 tsp
Curry Leaves – 1 strand
Salt – to taste
To fry:
Oil – 1 tsp
Coriander – 2 tsp
Red Chili – 2
Cumin – 1/2 tsp
Big Onion – 1/2 ( Chopped )
Garlic – 4 nos
Pepper – 4 nos
Procedure:
Pressure cook Horse gram/ Kollu, Turmeric, Tomato and oil – 1/2 tsp with 2 cups of water for 2 whistles. Keep it in low flame for another 5 min. When it cools down, release the pressure and filter the water. Use the water while grinding the Chutney and remaining can be used to prepare rasam.
Dry the items listed under “To fry” section for 3 min in the same order. The onion should have the raw smell little.
Grind all the pressure cooked kollu and the fried items with salt and curry leaves to fine thick paste. Dont add too much of water.

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