Kadhamba Chutney

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  1. malaswami

    malaswami Platinum IL'ite

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    Hi all again....

    This is one of the tasty chutney, which almost goes with any main...Rice or dosa, puri, chappathi, pongal, etc....

    The making of this Chutney is my granny's style, which I have again taken from my hubby's blog....

    KADHAMBA CHUTNEY

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    Ingredients
    Grated Coconut - 5 tsp
    Green Chilli - 2 nos
    Red Chilli - 2 nos
    Onion - 1 (Medium - finely chopped)
    Garlic - 3 pods
    Ginger - 1 inch piece
    Curry leaves - 1/2 ark
    Tomato - 1 nos
    Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup
    Pudin Leaves - 1/2 cup
    Tamarind - 1 inch ball size
    Salt - to taste
    Oil - 4 tsp
    Urud Dal - 1 tsp
    Bengal Gram - 1 tsp
    Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
    Fenugreek - 1/4 tsp

    Preparation method :-
    Heat oil in a large pan. Add mustard and allow to splitter. Add urud dal, bengal gram dal, fenugreek, asafoetia, one by one and when turned golden brown, add chillies, onion, tomato, ginger, garlic, one by one and saute for 5 minutes. Then add all the leaves, salt, Tamarind, cocount and saute for few minutes. Remove and allow it to cool for few minutes. Transfer this to mixer blender and grind it well adding required quantity of water and maintain its consistency. This is a Chettinad based recipe served in almost all the functions. Tastes good with Idli, dosa and Plain rice. When taken with plain rice, add Ghee to rice, mix chutney with rice. Also tastes good with Curd Rice.
     
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  2. chinuM

    chinuM Silver IL'ite

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    dear Maala, Thanks for sharing this wonderful dish...BTW can you tell me what's this "KADHAMBA"..? Is it only a name of the chutney?
     
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    Thank you Mala for sharing such a tasty and mouthwatering recipe. I like it since you have given the exact proportion of ingredients.No more guess work!
     
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    am gonna try this one for my DH :)
     
  5. kanaka Raghavan

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    Thank you,will try it out.
     
  6. malaswami

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    Actually in tamil Kadhamba means "Mixed".... Since it contains all, it is Kadhamba Chutney :)
     
  7. Soumedh

    Soumedh Silver IL'ite

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    Surely will try this....
    Curious to know why its called kadhamba?name of a place?
    Thanks for sharing!
     
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    jayanthisuresh Gold IL'ite

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    wow thanks for different chutney..
     
  9. sadhu72

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    thanks mala for this chutney recipe . photo is so tempting .. hope it tastes good .
     
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    i tried this yesterday,

    mom said not bad.,you are ready to cook.,

    thanks mala
     
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