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Thursday 26 February 2015

Chaat Chutneys ( Sweet Chutney & Green Chutney )

Chaat Chutneys ( Sweet Tamarind and Dates Chutney & Green Chutney )
Hi everybody!! Today's recipe is The Chaat Chutneys - a very simple but delightful recipe, because they form the base of variety of chaat recipes like Bhel puri, Sev Puri, Biscuit Chaat, Papad Chaat.....
The Green Chutney is so refreshing with the right amount of spices. The Sweer Tamarind and Dates Chutney is a perfect balance of sweet and sour and it is so good on its own, that you can't stop licking your fingers :) With these two chaat chutneys in your kitchen, you can create a whole new bunch of your own chaat recipes :) They are very very simple to make.
Six years ago, I learnt this recipe from my SIL Gomathi to try my first chaat - Bhel puri as its my MIL's favorite. Till now I haven't even made a small change to these chutneys. They are so perfect and you can prepare just like that as there is no cooking at all!!! You are just going to grind them in the mixer.
Now on to the recipe...

GREEN CHUTNEY:

Green Chutney

Ingredients:

Green Chilli - 2
Coriander Leaves - 1/2 cup ( packed )
Mint Leaves - 2 tbsp
Poppy Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Fennel Seeds - 1/2 tbsp
Ginger - a small piece about 3/4 inch
Garlic - 2 cloves
Salt - to taste
Water - as required

Method:
1) Take all the ingredients in a mixer and grind to a fine paste. Add water as required.
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SWEET CHUTNEY (TAMARIND AND DATES CHUTNEY ):

Sweet Tamarind and Dates Chutney

Ingredients:

Tamarind - 1 lemon sized ball ( as shown in picture ) soaked in water
Dates - 14
Powdered Jaggery - 2 and 1/2 tbsp ( packed )
Water - as required

Method:
1) Discard the seeds from dates. Soak tamarind in 3 tbsp of water for 15 minutes till it becomes soft. Strain the tamarind extract. Grind the Dates, Jaggery and the tamarind extract in a mixer to a smooth paste ( you can add water if necessary )  If you taste the chutney now, you should taste the sweetness and sourness at the same proportion. There should be a perfect balance, If so then your chutney is correct. If not, you can adjust by adding a little more jaggery powder or tamarind extract.
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NOTES:
1) Store the chutneys in an airtight box in the refrigerator.
2) These chutneys keep well in the refrigerator for 3 days. Just make sure you use a clean and dry spoon always.
3) Don't add too much water while grinding chutneys. Just add until they form smooth paste.

Chaat Chutneys ( Sweet Tamarind and Dates Chutney & Green Chutney )

Cheers,
Sindhiya.S

11 comments:

  1. Both the chutneys are so good!
    Perfect for chaats!!!!

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  2. Gosh!!! Killing me. I love chutneys like crazy - so good with rice, sambar or rasam.

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  3. Very colorful and yummy chutneys !!'

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  4. chat chutney looks delicious,

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  5. I can't say no to this cute bowls vch r filled vth chutneys.but too lazy to make my self.;)

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  6. Wish I could get to taste both of them! They look so tasty.

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  7. I love these sweet and sour combinations:)Too delicious:)Actually I too had a recent post on the same:) What a coincidence:)

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  8. Both chutneys look wonderful, I have to say I am partial to the coriander one lol.

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