Onion Pachadi

Ingredients:
2 cups onion pieces
5-6 red chilies
1/4 tea spoon tamarind pulp
1 tea spoon jaggery
1/2 tea spoon mustard seeds
4-5 curry leaves
Oil
Salt
Method:
Heat oil, add mustard seeds.
When they start popping, add curry leaves and fry for sometime.
Grind the seasoning and all other ingredients to a paste without adding too much water.
Heat a little oil and fry the chutney till the water is evaporated and the chutney is well cooked.
Note:
I ground it to a coarse paste. But I feel it will taste better if you can grind it to smooth paste.

Green Chilli Pachadi

Ingredients:
20 green chilies
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup peanuts
1 tea spoon jaggery
1/4 tea spoon tamarind pulp
1/2 tea spoon cumin seeds
1 tea spoon chopped garlic
1 tea spoon chopped ginger
3-4 strands coriander leaves
4-5 curry leaves
Oil
Salt
Note
Increase the amount of green chilies if you can handle more spicy dishes.
Method:
Heat a little oil and fry green chilies.
Take them out and add peanuts. Fry for sometime. Take them out.
Now add curry leaves, onion, garlic and fry till onions turn translucent.
Cool to room temperature.
Grind all the ingredients without adding water.
Take out in an airtight container and refrigerate.
This remains good for about 1 week. Serve with rice,chapathis,rottis.

Capsicum Pachadi

Ingredients:
1 orange bellpepper(capsicum)
2 tbl spoon chana dal
1/2 tea spoon chopped ginger
5-6 curry leaves
3 red chillies
A pinch hingu (asafoetida)
1/4 tea spoon tamarind pulp
Oil
Salt
Method:
Method:
Heat oil and add chana dal.
When they are fried, add curry leaves, red chillies, chopped bellpepper.
Add very little water and let it cook.
Grind this with ginger, tamarind, salt(do not add too much water)
Serve with idili dosa.

Kotimeeri Pachadi (coriander)

Ingredients:

1/2 cup coconut scrape
3-4 green chilies
5-6 curry leaves
1/4 cup coriander leaves
2-3 garlic cloves(small)
1/4 cup putnala(chutney)pappu
1/4 tea spoon tamarind pulp
Oil
Salt
Method:
Heat oil and fry green chilies.
Grind them along with all other ingredients.
Serve with dosa or idli.

Garlic Pachadi

Ingredients
4-5 cloves garlic (skin removed)
1/2 cup coconut scrape
4-5 red chillies
1/4 tea spoon tamarind pulp
Oil to fry
salt to taste
Method
Heat oil and fry garlic till brown
Grind the fried garlic with coconut,red chillies,tamarind,coconut and salt.
Serve this pachadi with hot dosa nad idli.

Ginger Pachadi with Coconut

Ingredients
1 cup coconut scrape
1 spoon ginger pieces
1/4th tsp tamarind pulp
4 green chillies
salt to taste
Poppu
1 spoon oil
1/2 tsp mustard
1/2 tsp minapappu
Few curry leaves
1 red chilli
Method
Grind coconut, ginger, tamarind, salt and chilies to a smooth paste adding required amount of water.
Heat oil and add mustard seeds.
When they start popping, add urad dal.
When dal turns slightly brownish, add curry leaves, broken red chilies.
Fry for a little while.
Pour this seasoning over chutney.
Serve the chutney with dosa or idli.

Groundnut Pachadi

Ingredients:
Ground nut 1 cup
3 to 4 red chillies
Tamarind pulp 1 spoon
Black gram 1 tsp
Mustard 1 tsp
Cumin seeds 1 tsp
Curry leaves a few
Method:
Take pan and fry red chilli,cumin seeds and black gram, and groundnuts.
Grind ground nuts, red chilly,cumin seeds,black gram,tamarind and salt
And make finepaste.
Take pan and add little oil.
Add mustard and curry leaves and fry them well.
Add grinded paste and mix well.
Remove from the pan and serve with Idli or Dosa.