Milagaai Chutney

Named Paccha Milagaai in Tamil , Green chillies add a very unique flavour and aroma to a dish.We use it a lot in our home; mom and I would vye with each other to take out the whole green chillies in fish curry or stew  and squeeze it  to get that mouth watering taste …..its hot and the taste….yum , well ,you really have to taste it to know!

Often in the summer, we like to eat just curd rice or palaya sadham( rice cooked in the morning and left to soak in water to be used at night or the next day) back in our hometown.Its a wonderful way to cool the body.

What makes the plain curd rice or the old rice(translation of the palaya sadam)  exciting, is the  different kinds of vadams or thokkus or pickles or chutneys,or more milaga(chilli made to soak in buttermilk for days and allowed to dry) that we have as side dishes to spice it up. 

Curd rice with any one of these is still my comfort food.This is one such spicy chutney .Its easy and quick to make and tastes so yummy with curd rice.

Ingredients:

8  fresh green chillies

1 small lump of tamarind, the size of a small lemon.

1 small piece of vellum( Jaggery) ,powdered

Asafoetida a little  pinch

Salt to taste

For tempering:

Oil

1/2 tsp Mustard seeds

1/2 tsp Black gram

Method:

Saute the green chillies in a kadai for a little while , till the chillies just change colour.Add a little water,and grind with salt, tamarind, and asafoetida in a mixie to a fine paste.Keep aside .

In the same kadai,pour a little oil,add mustard seeds,and  black gram.When the mustard seeds splutter, add the ground paste.Cook for about ten  minutes till the ground paste changes colour .Add the Vellum.Mix well.

Serve with curd rice, dosa or idli.Like I said earlier, it tastes heavenly with curd rice .

This is my entry for JFI for August is CHILLIES