Perandai thuvaiyal / healthy chutney recipe

 Perandai thuvaiyal recipe with step by step pictures

                        Perandai is one of the healthiest veggies that has enormous health benefits. Including perandai in our meal atleast once in a week helps to cure all digestive problems. Today I am going to share a very simple thuvaiyal (or chutney) recipe which goes well with idli, dosas Or steamed rice. This is the basic way of making chutney. I have already posted Mint thuvaiyal recipe and Karuveppilai thuvaiyal recipe.  Check this out. Hope you like the recipes. 

                  Check out the perandai thuvaiyal recipe below with step by step pictures. 

Enjoy the food  ! 

Ingredients  :

.  Perandai  -  2 tblsp  ( or few pieces) 

.  Oil  -  1 tblsp

.  Cumin seeds  -  1 tsp

.  Urad dal  -  1 tsp

.  Black pepper  -  1/2 tsp

.  Dry red chillies  -  2

.  Onion  -  1 big sized  ( roughly chopped) 

.  Tomato  -  1 medium sized ( roughly chopped) 

.  Garlic cloves  -  5 no

.  Tamarind  -  1 pinch

.  Grated coconut  -  2 tblsp

.   Salt to taste

To temper  :

.  Gingelly oil  -  1 tblsp

.  Mustard seeds  -  1 tsp

.  Curry leaves  -  1 sprig

.  Dry red chilli  -  2

Method  : 

               1.  Clean the perandai and get the young tender part alone. If you put the thick part, then the thuvaiyal is not good to taste as it leaves thread like texture. 

               2. Dry roast cumin seeds, urad dal, red chillies, black pepper. Keep it aside. 

              3. Heat a tsp of oil and roast the perandai for 2 min in low flame until it changes its color. 

             4. Saute roughly chopped onions, tomato, garlic and tamarind. Then add grated coconut. Saute for a min. 

             5. Turn off the flame. Let all the ingredients gets cooled. Transfer to mixer jar. Add salt and Grind it to smooth paste by adding little water. 

            6. Temper with mustard seeds, curry leaves and red chillies. Serve with steamed rice. 

Pictorial  :

                         Clean the perandai

              Get the young tender part alone

              Add cumin seeds, black pepper, urad dal and red chillies in a kadai

                Dry roast the ingredients until golden brown. Keep it aside

                Heat a tsp of oil in the kadai

                                Add perandai

                  Saute fir 2 mins in low flame until it changes the colour

                  Remove to plate after it changes to yellow colour

              Add roughly chopped onions, tomato, garlic and tamarind to the kadai. 

                Saute until veggies turns mushy

                           Add grated coconut

              Saute for a min. Turn off the flame

        Let all the roasted ingredients gets cooled. Transfer to the mixer jar

                               Add salt to it

             Grind it to smooth paste by adding little water.  ( Do not add more water. The consistency of the thuvaiyal must be little thick) 

                        Transfer it to a bowl

             Temper with mustard seeds, curry leaves and dry red chillies

           Tasty and healthy perandai thuvaiyal is ready to be served.