From many days I am thinking about sharing the recipes of some of the delicious chutneys I make. Some of them, I haven’t tried here for a long time, so I cannot post the pictures. As and when I prepare them, I will upload the pictures also.
Sweet chutney is a must in most of the chaats. It gives sweet, sour taste to the chaat. I don’t like very sour taste, so reduced the amount of tamarind paste.
Ingredients: Tamarind pulp 2 tea spns Sugar/Jaggery 2 and 1/2 tbl spns Red chilli powder 2 tea spn Jeera powder 1/2 tea spn Green chilli(slit into two) 1 Salt As per taste
Method: Mix all the ingredients with 1/4th cup water. Cook on a low flame mixing occasionally till the mixture becomes thick. Discard the green chilli. Use as and when required. It can be preserved for 4-5 days in refrigerator.
Preparation time : 15min
This is a very famous chutney in North Kanara. My mother prepares this with coconut dosa( soyi polo ) or rice roti( alayle pita rotti) . But some people make this with urad daal dosa or as a side dish with rice. Ilike this chutney-coconut dosa combination very much. Ingredients: 4-5 cloves garlic 1/2 cup fresh/frozen coconut 4-5 red chillies 1/4 tea spn tamarind extract or 1 piece of tamarind Oil Salt
Method: Heat oil and fry garlic till brown (always remove the skin before frying garlic. Otherwise the garlic may splutter. My neighbour had serious burns on her face due to this). This step has to be done with extra care since the oil may catch fire sometimes. Grind the fried garlic with coconut,red chillies,tamarind,coconut and salt. Serve chutney with hot dosa .
Serves : 4 Preparation time : 10 min
