Kottimera Palli pachadi

Hi

I wanted to show you and share you the authentic Indian chutney ie KOTTIMERA PACHADI. Ofcourse I have added little quantity of peanuts and tomato. But the main ingredient is flavored fresh kottimera. Very  easy to prepare and good accompaniment with most of breakfast section like idli, upma and dosa etc. In South Inidan houses meal is incomplete with out chutney especially roti pachadi. My grand mother used to make this kottimera pachadi with mortar and pestle. Very tasty and mouth watering.

OK. Let us go to prepare yummy mouth watering chutney.

Ingredients

• Kotimeera                                  2 bundles
• Ripen tomatoes                          2 nos
• Peanuts                                      1 fist
• Green chillies                            5 nos
• Dry red chillies                          7 nos
• Tamarind pulp                           1tbsp
• Channa dal                                 1/2 tbsp
• Urad dal                                     1/2 tbsp
• Coriander seeds                         1 tbsp
• Jaggery                                      1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil

Popu

• Mustard seeds
• Curry leaves
• Hing

How I did it

1. Clean leaves, retain tender stems .Chop finely.
2. Dry roast peanuts, let complete cool and remove skin and keep aside.
3. Take wok, add little oil. Add channa dal, urad dal, coriander seeds, dry red chillies and fry  till dals becomes golden brown, then add green mirchi.  Let them cool.
4. Transfer into a mixey jar. Add roasted peanuts and grind into coarse powder.
5. In the same wok, add little oil, heat it and add tomato slices. Cook them till turns pulpy. Cool it.
6. Add this pulp,  salt, jaggery, tamarind pulp and chopped kottimera into already coarse powder mixey and grind it. Not too soft.
7. Transfer into a bowl.
8. Add popu with mustard seeds, curry leaves and a pinch of hing.
9. The aroma of fresh kottimera and hing is tempting.

See the delicious pulpy pachadi is ready is ready to eat.

My Note

1. You can prepare this chutney with pudina instead of kotimeera. The remaining procedure is same.
2. You can prepare without peanuts and tomato also.