TAMARIND FLOWER CHUTNEY

varieties of chutneys are made by us.  Here is an unusual recipe. Yes, the tamarind tree is filled with flowers and the tree looks so beautiful.   whenever, I see the flowers, I thought of making the chutney with it and got the opportunity to pluck it yesterday and the recipe is here to share with you.

It is very tasty can be served with dosa, idli and rasam rice.  I prepared the rasam too and pachadi with mango.  Here is the link for the tamarind flower rasam.  tender-tamarind-wild-lime-curry-leaves, tamarind-flower-mango-pachadi.

watch you tube:  tamarind flower chutney
Let us look at the recipe now:

Ingredients:

!/2 cup tamarind flower
2 tsp tuvar dal
1 tsp urid dal
1 tsp chana dal
1/4 coconut grated
3-4 red chilli
few curry leaves
hing powder
1 tsp jaggery
2 tsp oil
1 tsp jaggery
3-4 red chilli
salt

Method:

1.  Heat oil, fry the red chilli and curry leaves, remove from fire.

2.  in the same kadai, add the chana dal, tuvar dal, urid dal and fry them too

3.  add the tamarind flower, hing powder  and saute

4.  allow to cool.

5.  grind all the ingredients together to a coarse chutney.

6.  You can make it thick or semi solid form as you wish.

7.  Serve with idli, dosa, upma, rice etc.