Spicy Tomato Chutney - A travel recipe

Many prefer to take home made dishes while travelling. Tomato chutney is one such. Adding a bit more spiciness to it will enhance the taste and life of the chutney.

Ingredients:
Tomato - 6 nos
Ginger - 1 inch piece
Garlic - 6 pods
Red Chillies - 8 nos
Shallots (Small Onions) - 6 nos
Salt - to tast
Oil - 3 tbsp
Mustard - 1/2 spn
Hing - 2 pinches

Method:
Grind all the ingredients except oil and mustard seeds in a blender to a very fine paste. Add oil in a shallow bottom pan and when hot add mustard seeds. When the splutter add the ground paste and cook well till the oil floats on top.

Note: Keep stirring occassionally so that the paste doesnot settle at the bottom of the pan.

Crispy Lady's finger (A great travel recipe)

Ingredients:
Lady's finger - 1 kg
Amchur powder - 1/2 tspn (optional)
Corn flour - 1/4 kg
Bengal gram flour - 2 tbsp
Salt - to taste
Chilly powder - to taste
Turmeric powder - 1 pinch

Method:
     Wash and clean the lady's finger. Remove the stem from top and cut in two vertically. Spread them on a flat plate.

    Make a mixture of gram flour, corn flour, and  turmeric powder. Sprinkle this powder mixture generously over the lady's finger and mix them well. Let it set for 15 to 20 mins.

     Heat oil in a shallow bottom pan. When hot, reduce the flame and fry the lady's finger. When golden brown remove from flame. Spread on tissue paper to remove excess oil.

     Add salt, amchur powder and chilly powder to the fried lady's finger.

    This is a very healthy snack, that can be taken during travel. This wont go bad for atleast a week to 10 days.