Tomato Chutney (Thakkaali Chutney)

Ingredients:

1. Tomato - 4 nos
2. Onion - 4 nos
3. Garlic - 10 cloves
4. Ginger - 1 small piece
5. Curry leaves - 1spring
6. Dry Chillies - 4
7. Mustard  - 1 spoon  
8. Oil - 3 spoon
9. Salt - to taste

Method:

1. Heat 1 spoon oil in a large pan.
2. Add dry chillies, ginger, garlic, onion, tomato one by one and saute till light brown.
3. Finally add salt and keep aside for some time.
4. Grind it into a thick paste.
5. Heat 2 spoons of oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, curry leave.
6. Pour this into the ground tomato chutney.
7. Serve with Idly, Dosai.

"Can be used for one week"

Mint Chutney (Puthina Chutney)

Ingredients:

1. Mint leaves - 1 cup
2. Coriander leaves - 1 cup
3. Curry leaves - 1 cup
4. Dry Chillies - 4
5. Bengal gram - 1spoon
6. Black gram - 1 spoon
7. Asafoetida - 1 pinch
8. Garlic - 10 cloves
9. Ginger - 1 small piece
10. Tamarind - 1 small lemon size
11. Mustard  - 1 spoon  
12. Oil - 6 spoon
13. Salt - to taste

Method:

1. Heat 1 spoon oil in a large pan.
2. Saute dry chillies, asafoetida, bengal gram, black gram till light brown.
3. Add ginger, garlic, mint leaves, coriander leaves, curry leaves one by one and saute till the color of the leaves changes a little.
4. Finally add salt and keep aside for some time.
5. Add tamarind to the sauted leaves and grind it into a thick paste.
6. Heat 5 spoons of oil in a pan.
7. Add mustard seeds and the ground mint paste.
8. Saute them for 5 times.
9. Serve with Hot rice, Idly, Dosai, Sambar rice, Rasam rice, Curd rice.

"Can be used for one week"