Normally Mint Chutney is
prepared without onions. Adding a few onions changes the taste of the chutney
quiet dramatically. Another good thing about adding onions is that you can get
much more quantity of chutney than without adding the onions.
Recipe Cuisine : South Indian | Recipe Category: Chutney
Preparation Time: 5 mins | Cooking Time: 10 mins |
Yields: 1 cup
Ingredients:
Mint
Leaves
|
1
cup (tightly measured)
|
Chopped
Onion
|
½
cup
|
Red
Chilli
|
1
or 2
|
Tamarind
|
Turkey
Berry (sundaikkai) size
|
Urad
Dal (white or black)
|
1
tbsp
|
Salt
|
As
required
|
Oil
|
2
tsp
|
Procedure:
1. Clean, wash and drain the
water from the mint leaves.
2. Remove the skin of the onions
and cut them into small pieces.
3. Heat the oil in a pan, add
urad dal and sauté till nice aroma comes out.
4. Then add the red chilli and
fry for few seconds.
5. Now add the onion and sauté
till the onion becomes translucent.
6. Add mint leaves and fry till
the raw smell goes off. Switch off the flame and add tamarind and salt. Allow
it to cool down completely.
7. Grind this mixture using the
mixie with little water into a smooth paste. Transfer the chutney into serving
bowl. Use little water to wash the mixie and mix this water with chutney.
Aromatic and healthy green chutney is
ready to serve.
Note:
1. Adjust the red chilli level
according to your taste.
2. You can use split gram
(kadalai paruppu) instead of urad dal.
3. I have used small onion, but
you can use big onion also. But small onion gives very nice taste than big one.
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