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(111) Garlic chutney

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Garlic pods.
  • 1 cup Desiccated coconut powder
  • ½ cup Sesame seeds
  • 2 tsp. Salt.
  • 2 tsp. Red chili powder.

Method

  1. Peel garlic pods.
  2. Dry roast Sesame seeds.Keep aside to cool down.
  3. when completely cool , grind sesame seeds into coarse powder. keep aside.
  4. Grind garlic pods, salt and red chili powder into fine paste.
  5. In big plate , mix garlic paste, sesame seeds coarse powder and coconut powder with hand.
  6. Garlic dry chutney is ready.
  7. Enjoy with your food .
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(18)Sweet chutney

Red chutney, Khajur Amli chutney

Ingredients

  • 500 gms. Red Dates.( lal khajur)
  • 100 gms. Tamarind (Imli)
  • 250 gms. Jaggery (Gud)
  • 2 tbsp. Salt.
  • ¼ tsp. Asafoetida (Hing).
  • 2 tbsp. Coriander Cumin powder.
  • 2 tbsp. Red chilli powder.

Method:

1) Wash khajoor and imli

2) In steel vessel add all ingredients and 2 bowl (200 ml) water and pressure cook upto 4 whistles

3) After cooker cools down, deseed khajoor and imli.

4) Transfer all the ingredients in grinder and make a smooth paste of pouring consistency. Strain this mixture with the help of strainer.

5) Boil this chutney mixture for 5 mins.stir continuously.

6) After tasting chutney ,bottle it in air tight container or make a cubes in pop up ice tray.

7) If you keep in fridge, chutney will taste good upto 1 month. Chutney cubes in freezer lasts for 3 months.

8) Enjoy your sweet chutney with chats,vada,pakoda,chilla etc.

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(17) Green Chutney

Ingredients

  • 5 cups washed,finely chopped coriander.
  • 5 green chillies. If you want more spicy then add more chillies.
  • 1cup washed mint leaves
  • 2tbsp.bhuna channa dal( roasted gram) or khara singdana ( roasted salty peanuts) if you want to use with farali dish.
  • 3 tbsp. lemon juice.
  • Salt to taste.
  • 1 tsp. sugar.

Method:

1)In a mixture jar grind bhuna chana dal and keep aside.

2) In jar add all ingredients except bhuna chana dal pd. and make a smooth paste by adding 100 ml. chilled water.

3) Now mix bhuna chana pd. and again churn the paste one more time.

4) Green chutney is ready,taste it once and now fill pop up ice tray with chutney. Freeze it for 8-10 hrs.

5) Unmould chutney cubes and keep it in air tight container and again freeze it.

6) Use these chutney cubes by defrosting whenever you needed

7) Enjoy you green chutney in sandwiches,vada,pakoda,with main course etc.

8) Please be quick during unmoulding .

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(06) Ragda

Ragda is a light stew of rehydrated dried white peas cooked with a variety of spices.

Chat,Enjoy with Pattice, Panipuri or Bread

serves 4

Ingredients:

  • 300 gms. White Peas.
  • 4 tbsp. Oil.
  • 1 tsp. Cumin seeds (Jeera).
  • 2 pinch Asafoetida ( hing).
  • 4 medium sized Onion.(1cup chopped)
  • 3 tomatoes ( ¾ cup chopped).
  • 3 tsp. Salt.
  • 2 tsp. finely chopped coriander leaves.
  • 8-10 Curry leaves.
  • ½ inch grated Ginger.
  • ½ tsp. Green chilli paste.
  • ½ tsp. Garlic paste.
  • 1 tbsp. Garam masala.
  • ¼ tsp. Turmeric powder (haldi).
  • 1 tsp. Red chilli powder.
  • 1 tbsp. Coriander-Cumin powder(dhana jeera ).
  • 5 Garcinia (Kokum).
  • 2 inches size ball Jaggery (Gud).

Method:

1) Wash and drain white peas ( vatana) 3 times with water.

2) Soak white vatana in 6 katori water for 8-10 hrs.

3) After 10 hrs. remove all water in one vessel and soaked vatana in big dinner plate, Go through soak vatana and pick out dormant( hard) vatana seeds.

4) In cooker out of 6 , add 4 katori water ,soaked vatana and salt.

5) After 4 whistles switch off the flame

6) Check vatana,if not tender then cook again until it becomes tender.

7) Put kadhai with oil on high flame

8) Add jeera and after crackling add hing and finely chopped onion and salt

9) When onion becomes translucent add tomatoes,cook until it leave oil. At this time add ginger,garlic and green chilli paste.

10) Saute for 30 secs.and add Garam masala,Haldi pd.,Chilli pd.,Dhanajeera pd.Curry leaves and Coriander leaves.

11) Saute for 2 mins. and add cooked vatana with water , jaggery and kokam and boil it for 5 mins. Stir occasionally. Adjust consistency by adding water which we kept aside .

12) Ragda is ready. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Serve with Pattice, Panipuri or Bread. Serve with love and smile.

Ragda

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