Chutney

Chutney is basically a side dish .Indian food is incomplete without chutney. In this post I will talk tell you recipes of three chutney which you can try at your homes.

Mint chutney

Ingredients:  Curd-1 cup

                     Mint-1/4 cup

                     Garlic-5 cloves

                     Green chilies-3

                     Salt- to taste

Method: Put mint, garlic, green chilies, salt in mixer and make a paste  to this paste add curd and  run mixer once more. Apart From Chapatti this chutney can also be eaten with pakodas etc.

Roasted Chickpea chutney (Bhuney chane ki chutney as referred in hindi)

Ingredients:    roasted chickpea-100 gm

                       Dry mango powder (amchoor)-1/2 teaspoon

                       Pepper-1/2 teaspoon

                       Salt to taste

Method: Soak chickpea for approximately 8 hours. Roast the soaked chickpeas. Form a paste of the roasted chickpeas. Add mango powder, chili powder and salt followed by some water. Mix thoroughly. You can keep grinded roasted chickpeas beforehand and use it whenever required to make chutney.

Potato chutney

Ingredients: Potato-1/2 cup (boiled)

                    Curd-3/4 cup

                    Ginger garlic paste-2 tablespoon

                    Green chilies-3

                     Salt to taste

Method: Put potatoes, garlic, green chilies, salt in mixer and make a paste .To this paste add curd and run mixer one more time.(You could optionally include chopped fresh coriander leaves to the chutney.

In all the above chutneys you can replace green chilies for pepper and vice versa as per your choice. one can add ingredients to the chutney as per ones taste. Further experiment is the key to new recipes.