Bendi chutney or Okra chutney

To serve 4 people:

Ingredients:
• 500 gms of Bendi or Okra's
• 3-4 tbps of oil
• 2 big tbp of urad dal
• 5 dry red chillies
• Very little tamarind (small marble size)
• Asafoetida a pinch
• Pinch of turmeric
• Salt to taste


Method:
• In a pan add 3tbpsof oil and fry bendi. Fry till they don't stick to each other. Some of them may turn into little black in color. Cool it after it is done.
• Heat oil in an another pan add urad dal and fry for about a minute. Add asafoetida and dry red chillies. Fry till are cooked.
• Grind the above fried tempering (tadaka) into a coarse mixture. Add tamarind just for taste.
• Now add the cool fried bendi to the grinder and just grind it into a coarse mixture. Serve it with hot rice.


Tips:
• Don't fry bendi often. The more you keep frying it the more sticky they become.

Tomato-Yoghurt Chutney

 To serve 4 people:

Ingredients:
• 500gms of yoghurt
• 2 tbps of oil
• 3 large tomatoes
• 3-4 methi seeds
• 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds
• ½ teaspoon of mustard seeds
• 1 tbp of urad dal
• 2 dry red chillies
• 2 green chillies
• Asafoetida a pinch
• Pinch of turmeric
• Salt to taste
• Coriander to garnish

Method:
• To the yoghurt add salt and turmeric powder.
• Heat oil in a pan add methi seeds, urad dal and fry for about a minute. Add cumin, mustard, asafoetida and dry red chillies. Fry till they start to pop up. Now add green chillies.
• Add chopped tomatoes and fry till they are cooked. Add this to the yoghurt mixture once it cools down.
• Garnish with coriander and serve it with rice.