Chalna by Meena

Chalna by Meena

Onion - 1 medium (thinly sliced)

Tomato - 1 big round(chopped) or 2 roma tomatoes

Green chillies - 5 nos

Garlic - 2 to 3 pods(peeled & chopped)

Ginger - 1 small piece(abt 1 1/2 inch)(sliced very thin)

Cinnamon - 1 piece(1 inch)

Sombhu- 1 1/2 tspn

coconut - 3/4 cup

pottukadalai - 1 tbspn(heap)

salt - 1 - 1 1/2 tspn

turmeric powder - 1/4 tspn

Curry leaves - 1 sprig(torn apart)

Fresh coriander leaves - 1 tbspn(chopped)

Oil - 1 tbspn

Method:

- Heat oil in a kadai

- Fry 1/2 tspn sombhu & add garlic, ginger & 2 slit green chillies & fry till aroma comes

- Fry onion & then tomatoes & once it is mushy add 1 cup of water & let it boil well.Add salt & turmeric powder.

- Grind coconut, remaining 3 chillies, remaining 1 tspn sombhu , potukadalai & cinnamon & add this ground mixture to the kadai.

- Let it boil really well for abt 10 mins.

- Add water if required when boiling.

- Add finely chopped curry leaves & kothamali & turn off & close the kadai.

- Serve with Veg biryani, Parotta or chapathi.