Thuvaram Paruppu Thogaiyal

Ingredients:
Thuvaramparuppu - 1 cup
Milagu / pepper - 5 or 6 nos
Salt -1/4 tsp

Method:

Heat a little oil in a pan and add thuvarumparuppu and milagu.Fry for a minute till it gives nice aroma.Turn off the stove, let it cool and transfer the contents to a blender.Add salt and grind it to fine paste with little or no water.It can either be served as sidedish for vathakuzhambu sadam (Rice) or can mixed with sadam and have  vathakuzhambu as it`s sidedish.

pudina thogaiyal

This thogaiyal can be served as a side dish with idli or dosa or even curd rice.You can also mix with rice and serve.It can also be prepared without coconut.

Ingredients:

Urad dhal - 1 tbsp
Milagu - 1/4 tsp
Red chilly - 2 or 3 nos

Tamarind - a small piece

Salt - to taste

A pinch of Asafoedita 

Shredded coconut - 1 tbsp
A bunch of fresh mint leaves

 Method :

Heat oil in pan,add urad dhal, red chillies, milagu, asafoetida and fry them till golden brown and set aside.Now add a little oil in the same pan and saute pudina for a minute or two.Grind the fried dhal and other ingredients along with shredded coconut,salt and tamarind to a coarse paste.At last add pudina leaves and grind to a fine paste.Serve with rice and roasted papad.