Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Hari mirchi ka Techa ( Chutney)


Thecha is a chutney from rural maharashtra..it is very spicy so has to be eaten with care...

Ingredients:
6 big green chillies
8-9 cloves of Garlic
1 big tomoto
oil
salt

Procedue:
Put 2 tbsp of oil in pan, fry chillies and garlic cloves till it leaves a flavour in oil
grind this chillies and garlic with tomoto in grinder or in kutni
fry this mixture on high flame for about 5 minutes
add salt.
this can be eaten with bhakris or chapatis.

Khatti daal


This is an orignal recipe of my family generations passed on...my sis, my bro and all we just love this one..

Ingredients: ( Serves 2 )

2 cups of Tur Dal
2 medium tomotoes
Big ball of Imli
1 tsp of Haldi
4 tbsp of red chilli powder
1/2 tsp of garam masala
kadipatta
1 tsp of rai
1 tsp of zeera
6-7 cloves of garlic
salt

Procedure:

Cook the dal in cooker with finely chopped tomotoes, red chilli powder, haldi
mash the dal well, add salt and imli pani.
Now make a tadka of rai zeera , kadi patta and finely chopped garlic.
Put the tadka in dal and do not cook the dal after you put tadka.
serve it with soft cooked rice, pour the dal generously and enjoy!