Thursday, July 21, 2011

Ellu Chutney (Sesame / Gingelly seeds)

Ingredients:
  1. Red chillies - 10 to 12 nos
  2. Tamarind - 1 lemon size ball
  3. Jaggery - 1/2 teaspoon optional
  4. Salt to taste
  5. Ellu or gingelly seeds - 3/4 cup
  6. Urad dhal - 1 tablespoon
  7. Gingelly oil - 1 teaspoon
Procedure:
  • Heat a pan and dry roast the gingelly seeds or ellu
  • When it splutters, remove it from fire
  • Heat oil and roast the red chilly
  • Add urad dhal and roast till golden color
  • Now first grind red chilli, tamarind, salt to a very fine paste with optional jaggery
  • Add sesame seeds or ellu and urad dhal to the fine paste from the previous step. Grind this coarsely with minimum water
  • Chutney is ready to eat with urad dhal rice (recipe included)

1 comment:

  1. Thank u for posting this recipe. My family is also from Nellai..

    Sujatha

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