A Diary of my kitchen experiments
I have been planning to make this from such a long time and then I made it atlast yesterday. It came out good and I can use it so many different recipes.
In a blender add 2 garlic cloves, 4 to 5 peices of walnuts , 250 gms basil, salt, juice of half a lemon and 2 tbsp cheese grated. Start blending it and add around 2 to 3 tbsp of olive oil and blend till smooth.
Store it in a bottle and just add some tbsp of olive oil on top if it.
U can ise this in pasta, sandwich, pizza, as a dip……
This sauce is so easy and you can use it so many ways. Make in this when tomatoes are in abundance and you can store it in the fridge for a fortnite or freeze it for longer duration.
Blanch 1 kg tomatoes, peel and puree them. Chop 2 onions and 4 garlic cloves finely.
Heat oil in a pan, add some chilli flakes and some pasta seasoning. Add onion and garlic and saute for a couple of mins.
Add the tomatoes, salt, pepper, little sugar ,a big spoon of tomato sauce.
Mix and let it cook for 10 to 15 mins covered.
Once all the water has been reduced store it in a bottle.
This chutney I had prepared sometime back to accompany dosa’s along with the coconut chutney i usually prepare. I prepare a lot of different type of dosas at home, so I always try to prepare different chutney to pair with it. This has a lovely tang taste to it coz of the tomatoes and has a lovely flavour as well. Do try this version as it and it surely will be a regular feature in your menu.
Tomato Onion Chutney
Recipe Source : Raks Kitchen
Ingredients
Onion 1
Tomatoes 2
R.chillies 4
Chana Dal 1 tbsp
Coconut Grated 2 tbsp
Oil 2 tsp
Salt to taste
For Tempering
Oil 1 tsp
Mustard Seeds 1 tsp
Urad Dal 1 tsp
Curry leaves 5 leaves
Dry Red Chilli 1
Method
Chop Onion and Tomatoes into big pieces.
Heat oil in a pan, Add chana dal and saute till light brown, then add red chillies and fry them till it turns a bit dark in color.
Set aside.
In the same pan, add the onions and tomatoes and saute them nicely till the tomatoes turns soft.
Cool and blend to a paste along with the chana dal, r.chillies, grated coconut and salt.
Add little spoonfuls of water to get into a smoother consistency.
Transfer to a serving bowl.
Prepare the tempering with the ingredients mentioned and pour over the chutney.
Serve with Idli or Dosa of your choice.
Would love to know what are the different type of chutneys you prepare for idli’s and Dosa’s?
“Briannai Nutrichoice Multigrain Thins” this Is the goodie bag I won from Lubna’s Blog somedays back. Winning always makes us happy and I was damn happy to have won something for the 1st time in the bogosphere. Loved these thins and it has become a regular in my daugters snack box. So I planned that this is a good product for my 1st Product review.
We all are familiar with Brittania as it is one of the few brands which is there in the market from a long time. Let it be the humble
Britannia Marie Gold Or Good Day biscuits which is a must have on tea time.I love my tea and love to dunk goodday biscuit in it. As time changes and peoples dietary habits change, Britannia is also taking into view of Peoples eating habits and trying to launch new products based on what people prefer to snack on.
I loved these thins and they are a great option for snack time. Also that these are non fried also lifts up its selling quotient. We all are opening ourselves to use multigrain in our daily diet and we all are already familiiar with the benefits of flax seeds. These crisp also come with a goodness of Oats, Corn, Ragi , Rice and wheat along apunch of flaxseeds as well. These are not fried and is always a plus point. I received these in two flavors, ‘Herb N Tomato’ and ‘Mint N lime’. Both are good in taste but I am more fond of th Mint and lemon .
I also love their tag line
‘Snack That Loves You Back”
“Filled with So Much Goodness it Returns Your Love For it”
Disclaimer : This product review is entirely based on my taste and my likeness of the product, I have not been paid to do this”
I prepared a simple dip to go along with thins on a evening snack and here goes the recipe for it. The dip is very simple with no complicated flavours in it. The thins does have a punch of flavors in it and so prepared a simple dip to pair with it.
Creamy Minted and Curd Dip
Ingredients
Curds 250 ml
Mint leaves 3 Finely Chopped
Milk 1 tbsp
Salt
Chilli Flakes
Method
Line the seive with a Muslin clothe and pour th curds into it.
Fold the clothes from all 4 sides and place it in the fridge by tying it to one of the fridge rack.
There is no need of the seive now and just keep a big bowl below the cloth to catch the dripping water.
Let rest like this for atleast 3 hrs or overnight also will do.
When ready to use press th cloth nicely so that if any remaining curd whey is drained.
Tranfer to a bowl add in salt and mint leaves. Mix nicely
Add milk and give agood stir.
Transfer to a serving bowl and sprinkle with chilli flakes.
Let it rest in fridge till served.
Pinks Notes
Serve these with any chips, crackers or cucumber or carrot sticks.
It is also a good spread on a sandwich and we enjoyed it at home.
A Good drizzle of olive oil will also taste great.
This Dip is going to Priya’s Event The Big Chutney Chow Down ……Do hop over there to drool over various chutneys and dips in the making.
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