A simple chutney that works as a lovely side at a meal. If you have a hibiscus plant at home, makes it all the more easy especially if you run short of ingredients in the pantry or want something different and interesting to serve.
Ingredients
10-12 hibiscus petals, rinsed with water
6 garlic cloves
2 tsp roasted sesame seeds
1/2 cup chopped tomato
6 dry red chillies, soaked in water for ten minutes
Salt, to taste
1 tsp sesame oil
Instructions
1. Blend all the ingredients until smooth.
2. Heat the sesame oil and pour over the chutney. Add salt, mix well.
Serve as a side with a curry and dal along with rice or rotis.
Shinar was the name of our home in Bangalore. Named after the Plains of Shinar where civilization is believed to have started, it was one of the first houses in the area.
It is the home I have a million memories of. Of growing up, of all the dogs that gambolled through the house, of the strawberry patches and sweet potato plants, of plucking fresh vegetables from the garden, of waking up to the aroma of strong filter coffee and a plate of steaming upma or soft fluffy idlis. Of the fragrance of delicious food being cooked wafting from amma’s kitchen….a kitchen that has its roots firmly in Andhra.
As time flies, the traditional recipes of her home state may vanish from our dining table. Hence, Shinar Diaries…an attempt to capture the magic of amma’s cooking and preserve some traditional recipes. A place where I begin my culinary journey and welcome you to be a part of it.
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