Kitchen Tantra

Pachai Milagu Thuvaiyal:

Green whole raw Pepper Thuvaiyal. Raw Green Pepper Chutney. Raw Pepper Chutney. Kacha Kali Mirch Chutney. Pacha Kurumilagu Thuvaiyal.

Raw green peppers(raw form of black pepper – looks green) Fresh and firm right from the forest……is used in this recipe.

My Dad showed me the ‘pods’ of black pepper in the forest areas around western ghats. When I tried opening them….they had this amazing cluster of raw green peppers in it. It smelt good. I brought few of those pods home. My mommy never used it in cooking….until it turned black and dry. Maybe we were used to only this form(black pepper) in cooking.

After my culinary adventures….I have no stigma in trying for newer recipes. And for my luck most of the time….it never let me down.

Ingredients:

Raw green peppers – 1 pod(Green & Raw form of Black Pepper)
Thuvar Dal – 1 small cup
Grated Coconut – 1 small cup
Garlic – 4 cloves chopped
Tamarind paste less than a ¼ spoon
Salt
Sesame oil few spoons.

For Seasoning:

Mustard seeds ½ spoon
Cumin seeds ½ spoon
Chana dal 1 spoon
Urad dal 1 spoon
Asafoetida ¼ spoon
Curry leaves few
Oil few spoons.

Method:

In a pan, heat few spoons of oil. Stir in thuvar dal, raw peppers, grated coconut, garlic, tamarind and salt. Stir fry till fragrant.

Then wet-grind the above mixture to thick paste….maybe adding very little water to it.

In the same pan, heat little more oil. Add mustard and cumin seeds. Allow them to splutter. Then add chana, urad dal, asafetida and curry leaves. Fry them for few minutes.

Now run this seasoning over the above prepared chutney.

Serve as a side dish thuvaiyal along with plain steam cooked rice or rasam rice or sambar rice.

Labels: Thuvaiyal/Chutney