Tomato Vegetable!

I really don't know what to call for this dish. You can either call it tomato vegetable/Tomato sukka or tomato chutney. It goes very well with dosa's and appam's.

Ingredients:

3 big tomatoes

1 big onion

1-2 green chillies

6 cloves of garlic

1/4 tsp turmeric pwd

1 tsp chilli powder

salt to taste

Fresh/Frozen grated coconut (Add later)

For seasoning:

1 tsp mustard

1 tsp urad dal

few curry leaves

1 tbs oil

Method:

Keep all the ingredients together in a vessel to cook with little water. When the tomato is cooked, add little fresh/frozen grated coconut and cook for 5 mins. Add the seasoning and mix well. Serve hot with Appam or dosa's!

Tendli/Gherkins Tel Piyav

Ingredients

Tendli 250g

1 big onion

4 to 5 garlic cloves

1-2 green chillies

salt to taste

2 tsp fresh grated coconut

1 tsp oil

Method:

Cut the tendli length wise. slice the onions, garlic and green chillies. Keep altogether in a vessel on the stove with little water to boil. Add salt. cover and cook till tendli becomes bit soft. Add fresh coconut. Mix nicely and cook for few minutes. Add little oil to the vessel. Mix and put off the fire.

Aloo Methi Sukka

Ingredients:

2 medium potatoes, cubed
1 bunch methi leaves
11/2 Tbs. coriander seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 inch cinnamon stick
2 cloves
1 onion chopped finely
2-3 green chillies chopped finely
1" ginger chopped finely
1 cup yoghurt
1 tbs. butter
1 tbs. oil
Salt to taste

Method:

Grind the coriander seeds, cumin, cinnamon and cloves to a coarse powder. Heat oil in a pan. Add onions, chillies and ginger and fry nicely. Wait till onions are pale brown. Add the ground powder and fry for sometime. Keep adding little water to prevent the mixture from sticking to the pan.

Add potatoes and cook for few minutes till translucent. Lower the heat and add chopped methi leaves. Cook covered on medium flame until the potatoes are cooked.

Finally add the yoghurt and butter. Simmer for 5 minutes.

This Aloo Methi Sukka goes well with Chapathi/parathas. Enjoy! I got this recipe from this blog (click here)

Dill Leaves/Sapsige Soppina Pallya

Ingredients

A bunch of dill leaves
1 medium potato
1 onion
1 pod of garlic
1-2 green chillies
1 tomato
1 tsp oil

Method:

Heat oil in a vessel. Add sliced onions and fry them till brown. Add crushed garlic and fry nicely. Next add green chillies. Then add tomato. Fry nicely. Then add cubed potato along with little water. Let the potoato cook. Finally add the dill leaves. Cook for 5 minutes. Delicious Dill leaves Sukka ready! Serve it along with chapathis or rice & dal.