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Alapu chutney [Ginger chutney]


This easy to make chutney goes well with all types of dosas, garelu and undarallu.(Vinayaka chavithi special). You could call this as a "Khatta meetha" type of pickle. So this blends well with plane dishes, popularly with the ones I mentioned above.

Ingredients:

1. Chinthapandu(Tamarind)              100gms
2. Red Chillies                                  15-20
3. Jaggery                                         50 gms
4. Ginger                                          10 gms
5. Chana dal                                     1tbsp
6. Urad dal                                       1tbsp
7. Mustard                                        1tsp
8. Jeera                                             1tsp
9. Asafoetida                                     a pinch
10. Vegetable oil
11. Salt

Method:

Flame: Medium

Time:   10-15 min

1. Soak the tamarind in water and keep it aside.
2. Now take a frying pan and pour some oil into it.Once the oil is heated, add chana dal and urad dal. 
3. Once they turn slightly brown, add mustard seeds and jeera. As the mustard seeds starts to splutter, add the redchilles and hing.
4. Turn off the flame after a few seconds and keep stirrinng the contents in the frying pan.(The contents in the pan need to cool.)
5. Transfer all the contents from the pan into a mixer jar and grind for a few seconds.
6. Now squeeze the juice from the tamarind,add ginger pieces and put them in the jar.
7. Then add jaggery (it shudnt be too hard, else it might spoil the blade in ur jar).
8. Next add a pinch of salt into the jar and grind all of them together.
9. Add water if you dont want it too thick like a paste.

        

And "chatpata alapu chutney ready!!!!!!!!"

Note:

• The tamarind, jaggery, ginger and salt proportion can vary depending on your like. Some like it sweet and other a little spicy and sour!
• If the jaggery is too hard to make it into a powder, keep the chunk in the over for less than 10 sec.It becomes easier to beat it.(Dont keep it for too long, it becomes greasy!)

Happy cooking!!!