Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Very famous Green Chutney - Mint and Coriander

This is a famous chutney from India that can be made at home to have with meals. Just like south India has coconut chutney famous, this mint-coriander chutney is famous in western and northern parts of India. This is green, healthy and tasty and the most important part is - it can be customized easily. It can be made spicier, milder, sweeter and also sourer as you adjust the ingredients. Here goes the recipe. Relish!

Ingredients for 1 bowl of chutney
Onion - 1 medium size
Ginger - peeled, small size
Garlic - peeled, 4 -6 cloves
Mint - 1 bunch
Coriander - 1 bunch
Green chillies - 2 medium size
Lemon - 1 medium size
Salt - 1 tea spoon
Dry Mango powder - 1 tea spoon
Coconut, grated - 1 Table spoon
Groundnuts - 10 -15 pcs
Dry fruits - as per taste (optional)

Recipe
Put all the ingredients in a mixer. Mix for 2 mins at medium speed. Open and see its granularity and thickness. If it is thick and has grains, add little water and mix again to make it fine. When it has the thickness the way you want, it is ready to have. Apply it on bread and try it out - it tastes very good.

Tweaks
Making it spicy - add more green chillies (so obvious)
Making it sweeter - add more groundnuts / dry fruits / coconut
Making it sourer - add more lemon or dry mango powder
Making it more tangy - add some more onion

Have a healthy substitute to pickle - have mint coriander chutney!

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