Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, mint dip/pudina thogayal. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Pudina Thogayal (Mint Thogayal) very easy to make thogayal variety. Mint leaves are so healthy and tasty. We use mint leaves for many purposes.
Mint dip/Pudina thogayal is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Mint dip/Pudina thogayal is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mint dip/pudina thogayal using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Mint dip/Pudina thogayal:
- Make ready 1 cup fresh mint (stalks removed)
- Make ready 2 tsp urad dal
- Prepare 1/4 tsp hing/asafoetida
- Prepare 5 Dry red chillies
- Get 2 tsp oil
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Take 1 grape sized tamarind (without seeds); or 1 tsp tamarind paste
- Take 1/4 cup coconut (grated/powder); optional
- Prepare 2 tablespoons water (optional)
We use mint leaves for many purposes. We can make so many yummy recipes with mint leaves. See great recipes for Mint dip/Pudina thogayal too! Pudina thogayal recipe with step by step pics.
Instructions to make Mint dip/Pudina thogayal:
- Wash the mint leaves and let them dry. Ensure there are no insects as mint; grown naturally tend to attract worms.
- Add oil to a pan. Toss in urad dal; asafoetida and chillies. Sauté on low heat to the urad dal turns golden brown. Then toss in the mint. Make sure that the heat is low as mint cooks real fast. Add in the coconut if including; at this point. Sauté for 2 minutes more. Then turn off the stove. Let it cool.
- Now in a blender; add the mix from pan, salt, tamarind block and grind well to paste. If it appears to stick; add some water and grind well to paste.
- Thogayal ready! Serve with hot rice or dosa or idli. Or use it to add additional flavor in your Biriyani/Pulao.
Roast red chilli, urad dal until golden and add tamarind, washed mint leaves. Making pudina thogayal is easy once you have cleaned fresh mint leaves handy. There are many variations with pudina thogaya recipe and I am sharing a very basic recipe that I make. You can also make pudina thogayal with coconut, garlic etc. Furthermore in many homes thogayal is made with just urad dal but I like to use a mix of urad and chana dal.
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