Unveil the flavours

I had a couple of these half-raw mangoes. They were sweetishy tangy mangoes and so I decided to make this tangy spicy chatni that can be served as a pickle in a regular thali. Ingredients: 1. Half -raw mangoes - 4 (Small sized) 2. Jaggery - 25 grams ( adjust it as per the sweetness required) 3. Salt to taste 4. Mustard seeds 5. Green chilli - chopped - 1 tsp 6. Curry Leaves - 8 to 10 7. Coriander leaves - 1 tsp chopped 8. Asefoetida - 1 pinch 9. Oil - 1 tbsp Method: 1. Peel and pulp out the mangoes into a bowl. Add the jaggery to this and mix till it dissolves.You can add about 3-4 tbsp of water if the pulp is very thick. 2. In a kadai heat oil and add in the mustard seeds . Once they splatter, add the green chilli , curry leaves and asefoetida. Fry for about half a minute and pour the mango pulp. 3. Cook covered for 5 min on medium flame. 4. Garnish with chopped coriander. Facts: This can be stored in fridge in an air tight container good to go for about a week. ...

Drumsticks are once such vegetable that people avoid cooking because of the tediousness in eating it.  I love this super vegetable that is rich in nutrients. So I love to add it into various dishes in different forms. One such curry/gravy that goes well with Chapatis/rotis/phulkas or even rotis is what I prepared last weekend. Here is how I went about it. Ingredients: 1. Drumsticks - 2 sticks (Medium sized) 2. Potatoes - 2 medium sized. 3. Brinjal( Green small Variety) - 3 medium sized. 4. Onion - 1 small 5. Tomato - 1 medium 6. Grated coconut - 2 tbsp 7. Garlic - 8 to 10 cloves 8. Ginger  grated - 1 tsp 9. Coriander leaves - 5 tsp chopped  10. Oil - 1 tbsp 11. Salt to taste 12. Turmeric Powder - a pinch 13. Red Chilli powder - 1 to 2 tsp (according to your taste on spice levels) Method: 1. Peel the hard part of the drumsticks( not completely but on a scaling level). Cut them into long pieces about 1.5 inches each. 2. Cube the ...