Chutney, there are so many varieties, each one has its own flavor,taste. Each breakfast dish like Dosa, Idli has its own companion, these goes well with a particular type of chutney. Dal-mint chutney is very tasty, healthy and delicious side dish, goes well with almost every breakfast menu like chapathi, rava idli and dosa. In this chutney recipe the mint is optional.
Gongura/pundi/sorrel leaves are sour tasting greens which are excellent source of vitamin C, Vitamin A and Iron. There are two varieties, green stemmed leaf which is less sour then the red stemmed variety.It contains high amount of oxalates, it may not be suitable for people suffering from or prone to kidney stones.With hot rice and spoon of ghee, the chutney is just heavenly .
Pumpkin sambar or HuLi thove( sihgumbaLa kaayi ), is a traditional signature dish in south indian weddings especially Karnataka. This Pumpkin Sambar, along with ash guard Majjige HuLi, is an out of this world combination. This traditional sambar goes very well with rice and as a side dish to all the types of rottis.