Pudina chutney with coconut , how to prepare mint chutney with coconut

This mint chutney is one of the basic recipe in chutney varieties. Idli, dosa, vada are daily routine tiffins for us South Indians. But we prepare many  varieties of chutney's that makes our routine breakfast tasty . We prepare pudina/mint chutney using different combinations like onions & tomatoes, mint & coriander, curry leaves+mint+ coriander etc., Today's my recipe is very easy with mint & coconut . This chutney goes well with Idli, dosa, vada, panniyaram/ Gupta ponganalu, adai and even with khichidi. 

Also check my other chutney and podi recipes :

Coconut chutney

Beerakaya Thokku pachadi

Raw mango moong dal chutney

Peanut powder

        
     Mint chutney with coconut

Preparation Time : 10 minutes
Cook Time : 10 minute
Serves : 3
Recipe Category: chutney / side dish
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Author: Aruna

Ingredients

Mint/pudina - 1 cup

Coconut - 1/2 cup

Roasted chanadal/putnalu - 1/4 cup

Green chillies - 4

Tamarind - pinch

Turmeric powder - 1 pinch

Salt as per taste 

Oil - 1 tsp

For seasoning

Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp

Cumin seeds/ jeera - 1 /2 tsp

Urad dal - 1/4 tsp

Curry leaves - 1 spig

Red chilli - 1

Oil - 11/2 tsp

Hing - 1 pinch

Method

1) Take a pan add 1 tsp of oil then add green chillies, saute it till its raw smell goes. 

2) Add washed mint leaves in the same pan and saute it till the leaves just shrinks it's volume.

3) Now take fresh coconut pieces, roasted chanadal, tamarind, fried green chilli, salt, turmeric powder and mix it by adding small amount of water.

4) Now add fried mint leaves to the above grind it.

5) chutney is ready, for seasoning take a pan add 11/2 tsp of oil let it heat for a second, add ingredients mentioned under seasoning one by one. 

6) Add the above seasoning to the prepared mint Chutney.

 Tasty Mint chutney is ready to serve. Today i had this chutney with idli 😋😋.

Note

◆ Adding pudina at last while grinding gives you good flavour and texture. Do not grind chutney too smooth after adding pudina.

◆ Adding ginger is optional but it gives good flavour to the chutney.

◆ You can also add garlic if you like it.

Tips

● Cut green chillies into half or just cut in the middle. Otherwise it will split while frying.

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Kashmiri Pulao, how to prepare creamy and sweet Kashmiri pulao

Kashmiri pulao is an aromatic, creamy and sweet pulao. It is healthy pulao as it is filled with fruits & dry fruits. We can use fruits like apple, grapes, pineapple, pomegranate., Dry fruits like cashew nuts, almonds,raisins, pistachios, walnut., Saffron gives good flavour and color to the pulao ( I did not added today, as it is not available right know). Kashmir is a heavenly place on earth and famous for spices, dry fruits, saffron and mainly for its beauty 😍. Adding ghee adds good taste to the pulao. Some famous Kashmiri recipes i tasted and heard are Kashmiri pulao, kashmiri dum alooa, kashmiri masala, kashmiri roti and kashmiri shufta, kashmiri red chilli powder is very famous.
  
       I first tasted kashmiri pulao in Hyderabad @ Athidi restaurant for our first marriage anniversary 😍. As my hubby like sweets alot he liked this pulao, so I prepare this pulao now and then. It tastes creamy and sweet with nuts and fruits. Adding pineapple to the pulao gives very good taste. Also adding ginger powder, funnel seeds powder adds good aroma and taste  to the pulao. Today i used apple, pomegranate, grapes, cashew nuts, raisins, almonds. Instead of ginger powder i added ginger, and funnel seeds.

Also follow my  rice and gravy recipes..
Coconut milk pulao
Paneer butter masala
Khova paneer
Restaurant Style Curd Rice
Pongal, Katte pongal
Spicy Curry Leaves Powder Rice

Kashmiri pulao, how to prepare creamy and sweet kashmiri pulao

Preparation Time : 20
Cook Time : 20 minute
Serves : 3
Recipe Category: Rice/pulao
Recipe Cuisine: kashmiri
Author: Aruna

Ingredients

Basamathi Rice - 11/2 glass
Boiled milk - 2 glasses
Water - 1 glass
Cardamom/elachi - 4
Cloves - 4
Jeera - 1tsp
Cinnamon stick - 1 stick
Star anise -3
Bay leaf - 2
Pepper - 6
Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
Sugar - 1tsp
Green chillies - 3
Ginger pieces - 1/2 tsp
Onions - 1 cup ( roughly chopped)
Cashew nuts - 10
Almonds - 10
Raisins - fistful
Paneer - 6 pieces
Apple - 1/4 cup for garnishing
Pomegranate - 1/4 cup for garnishing
Grapes - for garnishing
Ghee - 6 tsp

Preparation

1) Soak basamathi Rice in water for 20 minutes.

2) cut almonds and cashew nuts into 2 pieces.
3) Take a pan add 2 tsp of ghee fry cashew nuts and almonds till it changes to golden color. Take it into plate.

4) In the same pan add raisins fry till becomes fulffy and take it into plate.

5) In the same pan add roughly chopped onions and fry till it changes color and becomes crisp. You can also deep fry onions.

6) Cut paneer into small pieces and fry it till get golden color and take it into plate.

7) Keep all spices - jeera, cardamom, cloves, star anise, bay leaf, pepper ready.

8) Clean the pan add 2 tsp of ghee, add all the spices one by one, fry it till you get good aroma.

9) Now add green chillies and ginger fry it well.

10) Add salt, soaked basmathi rice, fry it for a second.

11) Now add 2 glasses milk and 1 glass water, sugar and stir it once. Close the lid and keep it low flame till rice cook well.

12) Rice will be cooked very creamy. Switch off the flame. Add 2 tsp of ghee on the rice and keep it like that for 10 minutes without disturbing. Now add all fried nuts, paneer, fried onions and fruits. Keep few nuts and fruits for garnishing.

13) Saute the above very carefully with out breaking the rice. Take it into plate or bowl and garnish with remaining nuts and fruits.

Creamy, sweet and aromatic kashmiri pulao is ready to serve 😋😋.  You can have it with any spicy gravies, paneer gravies or with fruit raitas like pine apple , mango raitas.

  I prepared kadai paneer, my hubby loved to have Kashmiri paluao without curry. But i enjoyed kashmiri pulao with kadai paneer 😍😋.

Note

◆ You can add fennel powder instead of fennel seeds.

◆ Usually we use apples, grapes, pomegranate, pineapples for this pulao.

◆ You can also prepare it with water instead of milk  but it doesnot give creamy texture.

◆ use available dry fruits.

◆ You can have the pulao as it is or you can pair it with any spicy gravies.

◆ You can also add fresh cream to get more creamy.

Tips

● If you think rice is not cooked and became too thick and sticky then just add ghee and close the lid for 10 - 15 minutes. Rice will become smooth and fluffy.

● Do not miss adding saffron and pineapple if available.

Hope you like my kashmiri pulao recipe 🤗.

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Almond Mango sandesh, how to prepare almond mango sandesh

Sandesh is traditional and delicious Bengali dessert. As mango season started thought to prepare mango sandesh and at end I gave twist by adding almond powder 🤗. Yes, I am going crazy 😉, believe me it melts in mouth with mango flavour and using almond is also healthy. It is very easy to prepare with milk, mango and almonds as main ingredient. We can prepare it using chenna or fresh moist paneer. Fresh mango puree gives good taste instead of using canned mango puree.

    I prepared sandesh recipe once, when we are in Odisha , it came very tasty and delicious. It inspired me to prepare this Almond Mango sandesh. You can add  many flavours and shapes to sandesh. Flavours like saffron, rose, pineapple, strawberry etc., We will get different shape mould in market. You can also prepare chocolate sandesh using cocoa or chocolate powder. I will try to post all flavoured sandesh soon.

              Almonds Mango sandesh

Preparation Time : 30 mintes
Cook Time : 20 minutes
Serves : 8 pieces
Recipe Category: Sweet / Dessert
Recipe Cuisine: Bengali 
Main Ingredient : Mango, Almond, milk
Author: Aruna Saraschandra

Ingredients

Milk - 1 litre
Lemon - 2 tsp
Mango puree - 3/4 cup
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Milk powder -  1/4 cup (optional)
Almond powder - 1 cup
Cardamom powder - 1 tsp
Pistachios & almonds for garnishing

Preparation

1) Heat milk in a heavy bottom pan. 

2) Add lemon juice into boiling milk.

3)  Milk starts crudling.

4)  filter the above mixture in muslin cloth and wash it under running tap so that lemon smell goes out. Tie the cloth and keep it aside for an hour.

5) Cheena is ready

6) Take cheena into plate and mash it with your palm well.

7) Now add milk powder, powdered sugar, elachi powder to the chenna mix everything well and mash.

8) Add mango puree in a pan mix it thoroughly in low flame.

9) Now add mashed cheena in mango puree.

10) Mix it continuously so that it would burn. Once the cheena and mango combined well and become thick,
( Dough consistency) take it into plate when it is heat.

11) Now add almond powder to the above dough and mix it well. Pinch a small part of dough and mould it to round shape and press in the middle to give it sandesh shape. At last garnish it with pistachios and almonds .

Mouth melting and delicious Almond Mango sandesh is ready to serve 😋😋.

  As I said early I prepared sandesh few year back, I am sharing that pic with you 😍. I prepared this recipe for my hubby's birthday 😍🤗.

Note

◆ Mix the chenna and mango puree well to dough consistency, otherwise it will stick and you cannot mould sandesh.

◆ you can also use moist paneer which is ready at home.

◆ Adding milk powder is optional.

Tips

● Full fat milk gives good amount of chenna.

● If in case the dough is too thin and not able to mould it means that the chenna and mango puree did not mixed well. You stir the mixture again on pan. Still your facing the same problem, then add almond powder and give it dough consistency.

Also check other sweet recipes by clicking the link below pic

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                       Ragi Peanut ladoo            

                 Atukula Payasam 

     

Dates & dry fruits burfi

                  Sweet Pongal

                  Ellu Bella Mix

                       Pineapple Sheera

Moong dal Kheer

        Sabudana Coconut Ladoo

Rava Ladoo

  Puffed Rice/Maramarala LAdoo

                        Kaju Katli

Sooji Kakara Pitha

              Homemade butter

                     Homemade Ghee

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