Onion chutney

Preparation time-15mins
Serves-6
Ingredients:
2 big onions
6 pods of garlic
Lemon sized tamarind
15 dry red chillies
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon turmeric
8 curry leaves
3 tablespoons sunflower oil
Method:

1. Peel and cut each onion into 4-6 medium pieces.
2. Peel the skin of garlic and add them to onions.
3. Now grind dry red chillies,onion pieces,garlic,tamarind flakes and salt to a smooth mix.
4. In a sauce pan warm oil.Then saute mustard and add 2 dry red chilles,curry leaves.
5. After few seconds,add turmeric and then the ground onion paste.
6. On low flame,mix this well and boil for 5-10mins,till oil accumulates at the top of the chutney.
7. Switch off the flame and transfer this into a clean and dry bowl.Can be stored for 2-3days.
8. Tastes great with steaming plain rice and also can be enjoyed as a dip for dosa or idly.
9. Simple and quick recipe when we run out of  vegetables at home!

Ginger chutney / allam pacchadi

Preparation time-10mins
Serves-4
Ingredients: 
100 gms ginger
small lemon sized jaggery piece
2 spoons tamarind paste
4-5 curry leaves
2 spoons urad dal
1 spoon chana dal
1/2 spoon mustard seeds
1 garlic pod
5 dry red chillies
Salt to taste
1 pinch of turmeric powder
1 pinch hing/asafoetida
3 spoons sunflower oil
Procedure:

•  Fry half quantity of urad dal and chana dal,garlic in a spoon of oil and allow it to cool.
• Once cooled add these to the blender along with jaggery,tamarind paste,salt and chopped ginger.Blend it to a smooth chutney adding a spoon of water.
• Prepare seasoning by frying remaining urad dal,mustard seeds,dry red chillies,turmeric powder,hing,curryleaves in remaining oil.
• Add it to the chutney and serve it as a dip or side dish for idly,dosa,pesarattu or even with rice.

Brinjal/Eggplant chutney

Ingredients:
brinjal-4 small
onions-1(medium sized)
green chillies-7
tamarind paste -1spn
garlic-2 to 3 pods
1/2 cup chopped fresh coriander
salt to taste
mustard seeds-1spn
urad dal-2 spns
dry red chillies-3 to 4
3 sps sunflower oil
Procedure:
1.Heat 2 sps oil in a sauce pan and add chopped onion,allow to fry till golden brown
2.Add sliced brinjal and stir fry for 10-15min(till brinjal softens,do not over fry)
3.Keep it aside and allow to cool for 5min.
4.Then add salt,green chillies(slit),tamarind paste to the fried contents.
5.Grind all the contents to a paste(fine or medium consistency as desired)
6.For seasoning,put 1 sp oil in a saucepan and add mustard seeds,urad dal and red chillies .
7.Then add garlic(crushed) to the seasoning in the end and mix well with the brinjal onion paste.
8.Garnish with coriander.
9.Tastes good with tiffins and even hot plain rice.