Pudina Chutney (Mint Chutney)

Ingredients:

2 cups fresh mint leaves
6 garlic flakes
1 small onion chopped
1 small tomato chopped
2 green chillies
1 sp oil
1/2 sp cumin seeds
1/2 sp tamarind paste
Salt to taste

For tempering:
1/2 sp oil
1/2 sp mustard seeds
1/2 sp urad dal
Curry leaves
Small pinch hing

Method:

1. Add 1/2 sp oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, add garlic flakes, when they turn little brown, add onions and fry for 3 mins till they become slightly brown.
2. Now add green chillies, fry for a minute and take all these into a bowl.
3. Now add 1/2 sp oil in the same pan, add tomatoes and fry for 3 mins till they become slightly mushy.
4. Now cool all the ingredients and grind them by adding tamarind paste and salt without adding any water.
5. Now for tempering, add 1/2 sp oil in a pan, then add mustard seeds and when they crackle, add urad dal and fry on medium heat till they turn little brown, then add curry leaves and hing and pour this tempering on to the mint chutney.
6. This chutney goes very well with dosa, idli.