Mixed Chutney

Ingredients
Dudhi - 6 pieces
Tomato - 2 Nos
Brinjal - 3 Nos
Green Chillies - 5 or 6 (depending upon how spicy you want)
Garlic Flakes - 6 or 7
Jeera (Cumin seeds) - 1/4 tbsp
Tamarind
Turmeric - 1/4 tbsp
Salt to taste

Procedure
In a frying pane add 1 tbsp of oil and heat for a couple of minutes. Add the Dudhi pieces, Brinjal and Tomato to this pane and fry till soft. Then add the Green Chillies, Turmeric, Cumin seeds and fry for a minute or two.

In a the Grinder/Mixture jar add all the above ingredients, Salt to taste, Garlic Flakes. Grind well till smooth paste.

In a frying pane take 1 tbsp and heat for a minute. Put couple of red chillies (dry), cumin seeds, mustard seeds, curry leaves, a pinch of aestofida (hing) and the above paste. And your South Indian Cucumber Chutney is ready to serve.

Author's Note
All season chutney goes well with Chappattis.

Dudhi Chutney

Ingredients

Dudhi - 1/4 Kg
Green Chilli - 5-6 (depends upon how spicy you want)
Garlic - 6-7 pieces
Jeera - 1 tbsp
Tamarind/Lemon - 1 flake (depends upon how khatta you want)
Salt to taste
Turmeric - 1/2 tbsp
Oil - 2 tbsp

Procedure

Take the oil in a frying pane and shallow fry the dudhi pieces untill golden brown (till the edges are a little fried in oil). Fry on very low flame to make them a little soft. Add jeera, chilli pieces & turmeric to the pane and fry for 8-10 min. This will shallow fry jeera and chilli pieces along with the coconut.

Put this in a grinder/mixture jar. Add to this the garlic flakes, salt to taste, tamarind/lemon and water (very little for easy grinding/mixing). Grind for 3-5 min under medium speed of the grinder/mixture. Add coriander to this and grind once (This is purely for taste purpose, if you want).

And hurray! your coconut chutney is ready.One last step, though! Put some oil in a frying pane and add couple of pulses along with red chilli (dry) and some Curry Leaves (Kadipatta). Fry this for a minute and then add the chutney and fry to a minute. And your chutney is ready for serving. We call this as "Tadka Lagana".

Author's Note
This chutney goes very well as a side dish while main meals. It's equally well with chapatis and rice items. Served with plain dal, this makes a beautiful combination. This chutney has to be consumed in a day or two (should be stored in freeze if for more than one day).