Friday, October 17, 2025

Red chutney recipe

Momo chutney recipe
Momo, one of the best street foods of South Asia, is served hot with red chutney which is made from red chilies, juicy tomatoes and spices. Here is an easy recipe for momo chutney. Feel free to use more or less number of red chilies as per your taste.The recipe posted here is of a really spicy chutney.


Ingredients :
Dried Red chillies: 10 nos.
Tomatoes :3 medium sized
Water:150 ml
Pepper: 1/2 tsp
Ginger(chopped): 1tblsp
Garlic (chopped) :1 tblspn
Shallots or onions(chopped): 1 tblspn
Vinegar :1tsp(optional)
Soya Sauce: 1tspn(optional )
(Tamarind paste can be used instead of vinegar and soya sauce)
Oil: 3 to 4 spoons
Salt : to taste
Preparation
1.Add chilies, tomatoes and water in a bowl and microwave it in full temperature for around 10 minutes. ( Boil if microwave is not available)
2. Take out and grind them together to form a paste. Add water if its dry.
3. Heat oil in a pan and add chopped shallots or onions, ginger and garlic and saute
5. Add the ground mixture to it and mix well. Bring it to boil.
6. Add soya sauce or tamarind paste and salt to taste and boil till the raw smell of tomatoes disappear. 
(Add more hot water and boil if raw smell remains)

Chicken Momos


Chicken momos 

Momos are one of South Asia's favourite street food items. They are little dumplings with an outer layer made of all-purpose flour, which is filled with a mix of meat, spices and herbs. Momos are then steamed or fried,  and served with a spicy red chutney.

Making Momos is an art! It’s not as easy as it looks and you definitely need some practice before you get it right. But all the effort is worth, when you get those perfect shaped momos on your dining table.
Recipe
Ingredients for filling
Boneless chicken minced: 1cup
Shallots or onions minced: 1cup
(Note: I made a combination of10 shallots and a medium sized onion.The more onions or shallots, the more juicy momos)
Ginger : 2 inch piece
Garlic: 8 piece
Green chillies: 4 nos
Pepper powder: 1teaspoon
Ghee or dalda: 1.5 tblspn (ghee tastes better)
Salt: to taste
Ingredients for momo wrap dough
Flour: 250 gm
Hot water
Pepper powder:1 pinch
Salt to taste
Preparation steps
1.grind green chillies, garlic and ginger to form a paste.
2.mix all the ingredients for filling
3.check for spice and salt.
Note: I didn't use coriander leaves as it wasn't available. Tastes best when minced coriander leaves are added along with this. Around 1/4 cup will be enough for this filling mixture.
Dough
Mix pepper powder and salt with the flour. Knead it step by step using hot water. Do not add more water, we need a bit tighter dough than chappathi flour. When the dough is ready, knead it for around five to ten minutes.
Leave it for ten minutes to make it soft.
Wrapping steps
1.Make small balls out of dough and roll it to form thin circles(around 2.5 inch diameter.i used a teacup to get uniform size )
2. Add filling and wrap it using any wrapping method. Make it half moon and seal it properly. ( There are many wrapping techniques available on YouTube. Its better to follow them if you are a beginner)
3. Steam in a steamer (an idly cooker will do) for around 20minutes. Its better to place an oiled banana leaf on the steamer before placing momo so  as to avoid sticking.
4. Serve hot with red chutney.

Recipe for momo chutney: 

http://normaltalks.blogspot.com/2020/04/red-chutney-recipe.html




Tuesday, October 7, 2025

ONE LOVE


​If you could change my life, making it sweet like this,
with your magical self...
How far can you change my life with your love?
​My love; come, and make my life
Rhythmic with your melodious strain. Make the
texture of my life so fine with your soothing touch.
Let my soul fly high from its confines and let me into
Some sweet reverie where only you and I exist.
Only you; and I...........
​Waiting
​Like the greens waiting for their tips to flower,
Like the daffodils waiting for the sun to glaze their color,
Like the grass-tips waiting for the dew drops to come down,
Like the wind blazing around the leaves,
Like the buds waiting patiently to bloom,
Like the moon waiting for dawn to shine,
Like the pretty Eve waiting for her Adam...
​I wait for you.
​This is for my sweet love.
And my love; won't you come and fill my
Life with your love?