Mint chutney

Puthina Thogaiyal / Mint Chutney

                                    

                    Mint thogaiyal is a very common recipe. It gives awesome aroma with hing powder with the coarse paste. It goes well with idly, dosa or hot rice with ghee. 

Ingredients:

• Mint leaves - 1 cup (Tightly filled)
• Curry leaves - 1/4 cup
• Coriander levaes - 1/4 cup
• Urad dal - 3 tbsp
• Red Chillies - 5
• Tamarind - big amla size
• Hing - 1/2 tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Gingelly oil - 1/4 cup

Method:

• Wash the mint leaves, drain the water cmpletely and keep aside.

• Heat oil in a kadai , add red chillies and urad dal roast until golden brown in color and keep aside.

• Now add 2 tsp of oil , and saute the mint leaves coriander leaves and curry leaves together for few mins.allow it to cool.

• Add all the roasted ingredients along with tamarind and salt in a mixer and grind it in a coarse paste.

• Atlast , add oil in pan add the mustard seeds, when it gets splutters add the hing powder and coarse paste saute it for another few mins and switchoff the flame.

• Serve hot or cold with rice , idly or dosa.

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