Monday, August 8, 2011

Khatta meetha chutney


This exotic sweet and sour chutney is a delicious condiment. It can be used as a dip or stir-in sauce for numerous Indian snacks. This chutney can be called as Ketchup of the sub-continent!


Ingredients:

  1. Tamarind paste -2 teasp
  2. Jaggery -1 tablesp or Dates-8 to 10
  3. Cumin powder-1 teasp
  4. Coriander powder-1 teasp
  5. Red chili powder-1 teasp
  6. Salt- ½ teasp
  7. Water- 1 tablesp

Method:

  1. You can use a ready tamarind paste or soak tamarind in hot water for an hour and prepare a paste. Strain the soaked tamarind into a strainer so that the pulp comes out which can used as the paste
  2. Soak dates in water for half an hour or else use jaggery
  3. Mix all the above ingredients by using mixer or blender to make mixture into a smooth sauce

Things to remember:

  1. Chutney can be refrigerated for a month if kept in an air tight container
  2. As far as possible make chutney thicker, you can always make it thinner by adding water

Best combination:


This chutney is delicious with samosas, ragda patties, Sabudana (tapioca) vada, samosa chat, vada pav, dabeli etc.; to be precise goes with all the chats.

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