Chettinadu Masala Seeyam

Chettinadu cuisine is famous for its delicious and flavorful  recipes,which is popular everywhere.Today's recipe for the blogging marathon  is Masala seeyam which is a popular deep fried snack eaten along with a spicy chutney.Here follows the yummy recipe....

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Raw rice	1cup
Urad dhal	1cup
Boiled rice	1tbs
Onion(chopped)	2nos.
Green chilly	4nos.
Coconut(chopped)	4tbs
Mustard seeds	1tsp
Curry leaves	2 sprigs
Coriander leaves	as needed
Salt	to taste
Oil	for frying

Method

                         Soak the rice and dhal together for 3-4 hours and grind it to a fine paste by sprinkling water and keep aside.

  
Heat a pan with a tsp of oil and crackle the mustard seeds and saute the onion and curry leaves.Finally add in the coconut and coriander leaves,turn off the stove.Add it to the ground batter and mix it well.

Heat a pan with oil and drop a round of batter,fry it to golden color.

Enjoy it warm with the spicy chutney.

• Grinding the rice and urad dhal in a wet grinder gives a nice and smooth batter.
• Grated carrots can also be added along with onions.
• Tastes excellent when it is hot.
  

Milagai Chutney(spicy chutney)

                               Here is the recipe for spicy onion and tomato chutney which goes very well  with the Masala Seeyam.

 
Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Shallots	20nos.
Tomato	2nos.
Dried Red chilly	10nos.
Tamarind Paste	1tsp
Salt	to taste
Mustard seeds	1tsp
Curry leaves	1 sprig
Sesame oil	3tbs

Method

                Grind the shallots,tomatoes,tamarind paste and salt together to a coarse paste.Heat a pan with oil and crackle with mustard seeds and curry leaves.Add in the ground paste and bring it to a boil and turn off the stove,no need to cook for a long time.

Milagai chutney is ready

• Using sesame oil gives nice flavor and taste to this chutney.
• Garlic can also be added for extra taste.

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