Seeme Badane Chutney (Chayote Squash Chutney)

Seeme Badane kai or Chayote squash chutney is a side dish and we can have it with rice, chapati, poori, dose or Idly. Seeme badane chutney can be done quickly and do not need much of ingredients and its tasty too.

Eating chutney (any) in first a few spoons is good for health. Eating coconut is very good for our health. Its healthy properties will surely take care of your health in many ways.
Yemmy Seeme Badane Kai Chutney will be definitely liked by all age group.
Preparing chutney from vegetables peel is not new. It is an oldest traditional way. Ladies in those days never used to throw away the peels, they knew it very well that vegetable peels contain rich minerals and vitamins. I learnt this habit from my doddamma. (Mother's sister). She is one of the best cook those days and even now I remember her way of cooking.
I have used the 1 full seeme badanekai for this " Seeme Badane Chutney".
Remember to soak any market bought vegetable in plain water for at least 20 minutes. These days the chemical spray is sprayed to keep the vegetable fresh, green and long lasting. 
It is an simple and yummy chutney and you can enjoy having it with plain hot rice and a spoon of fresh ghee or any other main dish of your choice.
I have avoided mustard seasoning and it is up to your choice.
Let us see the recipe.

Things needed:

Seeme Badane Kai: (medium sized): 1
Coconut: 1 Cup
Sesame seeds: 1 Table spoon
Red chilly: 4 to 6
Curry leaves: 8 to 10 leaves
Tamarind Pulp: 1 Table spoon
Jaggery: 1 Teaspoon (optional)
Salt: to taste
Ingh or Asfoetida: a pinch
Oil: 1 Tea spoon

Ready to serve Chutney

Method:

1. Wash and remove the outer skin of the Seeme badane kai and cut into small pieces.
2. Soak a small gooseberry (nellikai) size of tamarind in hot water for 5 minutes and squeeze out the pulp and keep the pulp aside.
3. Grate fresh coconut and keep it aside.
4. Now keep a pan on the fire and heat. Put oil and put sesame seeds, red chilly and fry till the seeds starts spurts.(fried).
5. Add curry leaves and seeme badane kai to the sesame seeds mixture and fry them also for 2 to 3 minutes and put off the gas.

6, Add this mixture to the grated coconut and leave it for cooling.
7. Grind this seeme badane kai- coconut mixture, tamarind pulp, ingh and salt together with little water till paste.

8. Add jaggery to the ground paste and grind for 1 minute and put the ground chutney to the serving bowl.
9. Now serve Seeme badane Kai Chutney with hot rice with a spoon of ghee on the top of the rice.

10. You can add mustard spurt if you wish.

Note: 

Do not over roast sesame seeds. Adding jaggery is an optional. You can add more chilly if like the spicy taste. You can fry seeme badanekai separately. ( I have just fried a little).
You can add garlic seasoning. (optional). 
Time: 10 Minutes.
Taste : Udupi Taste. 
Serves : 2 to 3.

Chakkuli( Urd Muruku)

Chakkuli or Chakli is a fried snack prepared using rice flour as a main ingredient.
We in Karntaka/India call as Chakkuli in Kannada langurage. In TamilNadu it is called as Muruku. Chakli in Hindi and what ever we call this fried snack is liked by most of the fried lovers.

Chakkuli can be eaten at tea time, or as starter during the dinner or anytime of the day you can have chakkuli. Even you can pack some chakkuli for kids lunch box.
We can prepare chakkuli in many ways. I have done chakkuli with boiled urd dal and rice powder. Preparing this chakkuli is very easy.
Things Needed:
Urd Dal: 1 Cup
Rice powder: 4 cups
Butter: 2 Table spoons
Salt: to taste
Chilly Powder: 1 Tea spoon
Sesame Seeds: 1 Table spoon
Oil: 2 to 3 cups
Chakkuli Mould.

Method:
1. Roast urd dal and boil with 1 cup of water in the pressure cooker for 8 to 10 minutes. Leave it for cooling.
2. Keep a pan on the fire and heat. Now roast rice powder for 10 to 20 seconds will do. (Let the rice powder be warm). Leave it for cooling.
3. Take big bowl. Put cooled Urd dal. Remove the excess water and keep it aside, and smash in the hand nicely.
4. Add rice powder to the Urd dal mixture. Add salt, sesame seeds, chilly powder and 2 tablespoons of butter.
5. Mix it nicely. Use extra water drained water if only required and prepare chakkuli dough (It can be poori dough consistency)..
6. Now fill the chakkuli mould with chakkuli dough and close it. Roll chakkuli on the plate.
7. Keep a deep pan on the fire and heat. Add oil to the pan. Put chakkuli in the oil and fry them till crispy and take it out from the oil.

8. Repeat the same with the rest of the dough. Crispy Chakkuli is ready to serve.
9. Put them in a airtight bottle and close it when the fried chakkuli is cooled down.

Note: You can directly cook the urd dal with out roasting. Roasting dal will add aroma to the chakkuli. You can also add more chilly powder if you wish. You can also add jeera along with sesame seeds. Do not allow the prepared dough to be dry. You can cover the dough with wet kerchief or small towel. Do not refrigerate the dough. It may take more oil.