Tamilnadu Special Chutney Varieties, South Indian Chutnies and their Health Benefits
Are you looking for the methods to prepare different chutney varieties? Then this article will help you out to make excellent varieties of chutnies in an easy and simple method. Fed up of what to prepare in the morning for your main dish? Read this article and start preparing your favorite chutney and get to know their health benefits too.
Tamilnadu Special Chutney Varieties
Everyday mornings start with a healthy breakfast in Tamilnadu. South Indian chutney varieties are really mouth watering. But are you confused about what to make as a side dish? Tamilnadu special chutney varieties will help you out to solve this problem. Here is the menu of how to prepare the Tamilnadu chutneys in an easy way. The health benefits of the chutney varieties are also mentionedTamilnadu Special Coconut or thengai chutney
Tamilnadu special coconut chutney or Tamilnadu special thengai chutney is an easy to make chutney and it goes well with idlis and dosais. It is also a Tamilnadu chutney for weight loss.
Ingredients:
Grated coconut 2 cup
Fried gram 1 cup
Green chillies 3 nos
Ginger a small pinch
Salt to taste
Grind all the above in a mixie. Then garnish with spluttered mustard, urid dal, curry leaves and coriander. You can try a variation of the coconut chutney by grinding coconut, dry chillies (3 in number, garlic and fried gram).Tamilnadu Special Groundnut/peanut or verkadalai chutney
If you are bored with the usual thengai chutney, then you can try Tamilnadu special grondnut/peanut chutney or Tamilnadu special verkadalai chutney. It also a chutney for pregnant women as it contains lot of folates.
Ingredients:
Groundnuts 1 cup
Tamarind a small ball
Onion 1
Garlic 3
Salt to taste
Fry the sliced onions and garlic till they are golden brown and grind everything in a mixie. Then garnish with spluttered mustard, urid dal, curry leaves and coriander.Tamilnadu Special Tomato or thakkali chutney
If you are looking for a very spicy chutney, then try the spicy tomato chutney or special thakkali chutney will be your choice.
Ingredients:
Tomato 1 kilo
Dry red chillies 8 to 10
Tamarind lemon sized
Gingely oil to sorte
Salt to taste
Cut the tomato into slices and sorte them along with chillies and tamarind in a kadai with gingely oil. Keep it aside so that it cools. Then grind it with salt. Sort this paste in a kadai again and garnish with spluttered mustard seeds. You can add gingery oil with this chutney while serving.Tamilnadu Special Onion or vengaya chutney
Another chutney that you can try is the Onion chutney or special vengaya chutney or the chutney for glowing skin
Ingredients:
Onion 2 big ones
Tomato 1
Tamarind marble sized
Curry leaves
Ginger a small piece
Red chillies 3 in nos
Coconut grated 1 small cup
Salt to taste
Sorte all the above ingredients in pan for sometime. Allow it to cool and then garnish with spluttered mustard, urid dal, curry leaves and coriander.
Tamilnadu festival recipes
Tamilnadu Breakfast recipesTamilnadu Special Coriander or kottamalli chutney
If you don't want spicy chutneys you can try the Special Coriander or kottamalli chutney which is best Tamilnadu summer chutney.
Ingredients:
Coriander leaves a bunch nicely cleaned
Green chillies 2 in nos
Tamarind marble sized
Coconut grated 1 cup grated
Salt to taste
Sorte all the above in a pan and grind them in a mixie. Garnish with spluttered mustard seeds and urid dal. You can add a pinch of sugar at the end if you like.Tamilnadu Special Curry leaves or karuveppilai chutney
Curry leaves are good for hair growth. But we don't eat them .Try this chutney for hair growth
Ingredients:
Curry leaves 1 bunch
Onion 1
Tomato 1
Red chillies 3 nos
Tamarind marble sized
Coconut 1 cup grated
Salt to taste
Sort all the above and grind it in a mixie. Garnish with spluttered mustard seeds and urid dal.
Tamilnadu special recipes
Tamil recipesTamilnadu Special Mint leaves or Pudina chutney
Mint leaves are a real refresher to stay cool this summer. Try this summer refreshing chutney.
Ingredients:
Mint leaves 1 bunch
Green chillies 3 nos
Coconut 1 cup grated
Tamarind marble sized
Salt to taste
Sorte everything in a pan and grind it in a mixie. Garnish with spluttered mustard seeds and urid dal. Add a pinch of sugar if you like.Tamilnadu Special Urid dal chutney
Urid dal is very good for young girls. Want to try this chutney for young girls. Here is the method.
Ingredients:
Urid dal 1 cup (fry in a pan without oil till golden brown and keep it aside)
Red chillies 3 in nos
Coconut grated 1 cup
Tamarind marble sized
Salt to taste
Sort everything in a pan and grind it in a mixie. Garnish with spluttered mustard seeds.
