Onion Chutney with Ondelaga leaves

Onion Chutney is a side dish. This is an easy dish you can prepare within 10 minutes. Onion chutney can be served as one of the side dish during the lunch also. It goes well with dosa, idli, roti or rotti plain rice and even with any type of masala rice.

Things needed:

To Grind : 
Onion: 1
Fresh Coconut grated: 1 Cup
Red chillies:2 to 3
Ondelaga leaves : 1 Handful
Asfatodia: a pinch
Tamarind pulp: 1 tea spoon
Salt: to taste
To Season : 
Oil : 1 Teaspoon
Mustard seeds : 1/2 Teaspoon
Urid dal : 1/2 Teaspoon
Ingh : a pinch
Curry Leaves : 5 to 6

Method:

1. Wash and cut onions into big pieces. Wash Ondelaga leaves and keep it aside.
2. Grate coconut and grind with, onedelaga leaves, red chilly (byadagi), ingh, tamarind and onions.

3. Use only required water while grinding. (Grind it nicely)

4. Remove from the mixi jar and add salt.
5. Add water if required water and mix it well.
6. Keep a pan on the fire and add oil. Heat and put mustard seeds. Let it splutter.
7. Add ing and curry leaves. Add this mixture to the ready chutney
8. Mix it well and serve with the main dish you have prepared.

Note : 

Soak a little tamarind in water for 5 minutes and squeeze out the tamarind to get its pulp.
You can add a very little (half of 1/4 tea spoon) raw mustard seeds to the mixture. It gives very good aroma to chutney. Add required water to grind chutney. (If it turns watery it does not taste good).
You can add required water later on.
 Time : 10 minutes
Serves : 3 to 4 

Masaala Paapad

Topping up the Roasted papad/happala/happalam is one's choice. You can spread vegetables, roasted nuts, cut onions, grated coconut etc.

When you want to munch some thing that too spicy you can go ahead and prepare your own creation.
I have used spicy Udupi Urid Papad which is very common in Udupi. These Papads are usually done during hot summer and stored for the rainy days. I do buy these papads when ever I visit Udupi that is our home town.
I have used grated carrots, fried flattened rice, groundnuts and little coconut. No onion is used here.
Lets see the recipe now :
Things needed:
Spicy Urid Paapad: 2 to 4
Chat Masala: 1/2 Teaspoon
Grated Carrot : 1
Grated coconut : 2 Tablespoons
Roasted groundnuts : 2 to 3 Tablespoons
Fried flattened Rice/Thick Avalakki  : 2 to 3 Tablespoons (Optional).

Method :
1. Roast papad on gas flame and keep it aside.
2. Wash and grate carrot and grate coconut.

3. Keep roasted papads and spread grated carrots, coconut and little chat masala.

4. Top up with fried Avalakki and groundnuts and serve.

Note :
Use of any brand Papad is optional. Deep frying of papads are optional. Use of any spice is optional. You can use jeera powder, garam masala powder etc. Use of onions is optional. I have not added onions. Use of fried Avalakki/flattened rice is optional. You can use Sev/Potato chips etc
Time : 10 Minutes.
Serves :  2 to 3.