Green Coriander and Mint Chutney

Green Coriander and Mint Chutney

  In Kumaon hills green chutney is a must with lunch as it enhances digestion as well as adds flavor to the food. I vividly remember sitting next to my granny in the village when she would grind the chutney on a grinding stone. The seeds of chutney making were sown in me then and now I am sharing the recipe with you all. God bless her soul ! 

 Preparation time: 5 min.
Servings: 10 - 15 small servings.


  Ingredients required

• A small bunch of coriander leaves

Coriander (Dhania)

• 1/2 bunch of mint leaves, finely cut (mint leaves should be half the amount of coriander leaves) 

Mint leaves ( Pudina)

• 1 - 2 Green chili

Green Chili

• 10 ml.Lemon juice
• 10 gm. Ginger.

Ginger

• 10gm. Jaggery

  Directions to prepare Green chutney:

• Clean and wash coriander and mint .
• Drain and cut coriander leaves.

• In a grinder, grind the following to a uniform consistency paste :

• Cut coriander leaves
• Mint leaves
• Green chilies
• Ginger
• Jaggery/sugar
• Salt. 
• Take the paste out in a bowl and add lemon  juice in it.
• Mix the above mixture nicely. Green chutney is ready.

Dhania and Pudina ki chutney(Coriander and mint chutney)

Enjoy different snacks, chaat, parathas with Green Chutney  :)

  Tips:

• Do not put lemon juice while grinding, else taste will become bitter. 
• Wash coriander and mint leaves thoroughly to remove all dirt from it.

  Suggested Variations:

• Instead of lemon juice Tamarind/Tamarind pulp can be taken.
• Cumin seeds add distinct flavor when added along with ginger.It also increases the digestive power so try adding cumin seeds for a change .
• One small onion and 3-4 cloves can also be added to the mixture while making paste for chutney. 
• Different flavor chutney can be made by different permutation combination of cumin/garlic/onion along with coriander and mint leaves. 

Green Chilly Sauce

Green Chilli Sauce

When the ever hungry teenage children demand fast food specially Noodles at the drop of hat there is a need of a healthy, pure and less expensive sauce which is ready at hand.What does one do! Well make them at home as I did, and the yummy taste made the sauce a hit not only with the kids but with their mothers also as they used it with Pakoras and other snacks.

Preparation Time: 30 min.(Soaking time not Included)

Servings: 300 ml of thick sauce

Ingredients required

• 50gm Dark Green chilies 

Green Chillies

• 8-10 Kashmiri Green Chilies(for beautiful green color)

Kashmiri Green Chillies

• 200 ml White Vinegar 
• 2 teaspoons Salt 
• 5-6 Garlic cloves 
• 2 Inch piece Ginger
• 2 Medium size Potatoes

Directions to prepare Green Chilly Sauce: 

• Wash, peel and cut ginger to small pieces.
• Peel and cut garlic.
• Cut both type chillies to pieces.
• Take Green chilli pieces, garlic, ginger in a bowl and soak them in 100 ml. vinegar for one day.

Green Chilli, garlic, ginger after soaking

•  Put the soaked mixture in a grinder mixer and grind to paste
• Add 50 ml. water during grinding.

Paste of chilli,garlic,ginger

• Boil the potatoes.
• Peel the boiled potatoes and crush to small pieces.
•  Add boiled crushed potatoes to the chilli paste and grind again till all ingredients are one soft homogeneous paste. 

Paste after adding Potato

• Take out the above mixture in a bowl and add vinegar till in turns into consistency of sauce.

Sauce ready for bottling

• Store in a glass bottle.

Green Chilli Sauce

 Tips:

• Plastic bottles should be avoided.
• If you do not like your sauce to be too sour with vinegar then instead 200 ml. vinegar you can take vinegar water mixture. (100 ml water + 100 ml. vinegar)

Suggested Variation:

• Those who do not like garlic or do not eat garlic can omit it.
• The sauce can be made of different flavor by adding more garlic and no ginger, or no garlic and more ginger.