Kothamalli-Pudhina-Sauce

#KothamalliPudhinaSauce [  #CorianderMintSauce ] : When I was in Raipur I had a bed of #Pudhina [ #Mint ] in my garden. I fell in love with its flavour and started garnishing almost all dishes with fresh mint leaves. But now I have to buy from market and store in refrigerator. It loses its sharp zing flavor and color as days passed. So I tried to prepare a sauce by grinding the mint leaves with coriander leaves adding salt, green chilly, vinegar and lemon and stored in a clean and dry bottle for some days in the fridge. I used to add this sauce in almost all dishes.
Not only the #CorianderLeaf but the stems can also be taken to make this sauce.

Ingredients :
1 cup	Mint [ Pudhina ] leaves
1 cup	Coriander leaves [ cilantro ]
10 - 12	Green chilly [ adjust ]
small piece	Ginger [ optional ]
3/4 Tsp	Salt [ adjust ]
1 - 1 1/2 Tsp	Lemon juice [ adjust ]
1/4 cup	Vinegar

Method :

Wash coriander and mint leaves 2 or 3 times in water.

Keep them on a cutting board  or colander to drain the water.

Now take green chilly, salt and coriander leaves and coriander stem.

Grind without adding water.

Then add pudhina [ mint ] leaves and grind for half a minute.

Now add lemon juice and vinegar and grind into a smooth paste.

Adjust salt and lemon juice.

Transfer into a serving bowl.

Store in a clean and dry bottle and save in a refrigerator for a week to 10 days.

This sauce goes well with Idli, Dosai, Pongal, Upma and Sundal.

It can also be mixed with rice adding a dash of gingelly oil [ till / sesame oil ].

It can be added to Lemon rasam to get the flavors of both pudhina and coriander.

Pani for pani puri can be prepared from this sauce.

One or two teaspoon of this sauce can be added while preparing vegetable pulav or Briyani.

It is an excellent spread to prepare a tasty sandwich.

On the whole its a versatile sauce we should have at home to prepare a tasty and flavorful dishes. 

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Karuveppilai-poondu-milagai-podi - wet

#KaruveppilaiPoonduMilagaiPodiWet  #CurryLeafGarlicSauce : We have already seen a recipe to prepare spicy poondu milagai podi wet. Even a slight variation in the method of preparation will give a chutney/sauce a different taste.
In this recipe the red chilly has been soaked in hot water for 20 minutes. Then ground into a sauce along with red chilly powder, garlic and curry leaves.
The taste will be very sharp and spicy when eaten fresh and mellows down little bit after a day or two.
Now over to the method of preparation.

Ingredients :
4 - 6	Red Chilly
1 Tsp	Red Chilly powder
8 - 10 cloves;	Garlic
hand full	Curry leaves
3/4 Tsp	Salt [ adjust ]

Method :
Soak red chilly in hot water for 20 minutes.
After 20 minutes take all ingredients along with soaked red chilly in a blender jar.
Run without water for a minute.
Then grind into a smooth paste adding two table spoon of water.
If necessary add some more water to grind into a smooth paste.
Transfer into a serving bowl.
It can be stored in fridge for a week.

This spicy poondu milagai podi wet goes very well with appam, 

neer dosai, dosai and kanji dosai.

It also tastes good with Idli.
Serve one tsp of karuveppilai poondu milagai podi on a plate. Make a small pit at the center. Pour a tsp full of gingelly oil [ sesame/till oil ] and have it with idly, dosai, ......
It can also added while preparing dry curry to get the flavor of garlic and also to make it spicy.


Note : Increase or decrease the number of red chilly according to your taste and its spiciness.






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Cabbage Chutney	Carrot Chutney
Coconut Chutney	Coconut Chutney with Red chilly
Coriander Green Chutney	Coriander  Chutney with redchilly
Gooseberry Yogurt Chutney	Garlic red Chutney
Mint Yogurt Chutney	Coriander Coconut Chutney
Centella coconut Chutney	Centella Chutney
Centella Paruppu Thuvaiyal	Amla Chutney
Amla Pudhina Chutney	Amla Yogurt Dip
Garlic Tomato Chutney	Ginger Chutney
Green  Chutney	Green Chilly Chutney
Green Coriander seeds Chutney	Raw mango chutney
Mint chutney	Raw mango chutney 1
Raw mango coconut chutney	Tomato Chutney
Tomato Coriander leaf Chutney	Tomato Curry leaf Chutney
Tomato Chutney	Onion Coconut Chutney
Onion red Chutney	Peanut chutney
Lentil chutney for rice	Ridge gourd tomato chutney
Ridge gourd chutney	Pongal Thuvaiyal
Frog fruit chutney	Amla Ridge gourd chutney
Vengaya vadagam thuvaiyal	Turai thuvaiyal
cilantro mint sauce	Neem flower chutney
woodapple ridge gourd chutney	Yellow pumpkin chutney
Gram dhal chutney	Mint dip
Curry leaf garlic chutney	Pirandai thuvaiyal
Fresh green pepper spicy chutney	Coriander Tomato Chutney
Gooseberry Chutney	Veldt Grape Leaf Chutney
Capsicum Chutney	Ammaan Pacharisi Thuvaiyal
Maangai Herbal Chutney [ Raw Mango herbal chutney ]	Ammaan pacharisi paruppu thuvaiyal [ Asthma plant lentil chutney ]
Pineapple Mint Chutney	Green Coriander seeds Chutney
Vetrilai vengaya Chutney [ Betel leaf Onion chutney ]	Mudakathan keerai Chutney [ Balloon Vine chutney ]
Sundaikkai Vathal Thuvaiyal [ Dried Pea eggplant chutney ]	Sundaikkai Vathal thakkali Chutney [ Pea eggplant tomato chutney ]

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