Spice Up Your Meals With Red Chutney
Who doesn’t love the red chutney as the side dish? For all the dosa and the idli lovers, red chutney is the sole reason for ordering the breakfast dish. The goodness of channa dal and tamarind, mixed with the lip-smacking flavors of coconut helps in spicing up the meal. Red chutney is used in food items, as a side pickle, or as something to simply keep having and treating your tastebuds with.
Ingredients:
- Oil – 5tbsp
- Sesame seeds (optional) – 2 tbsp
- Onion chopped or sambhar onions – ½ cup
- Garlic cloves – 6 nos
- Curry leaves – a handful
- Grated coconut – 1 cup
- Dry red chili Kashmiri or Byadagi (soaked) – 8-10nos
- Tamarind – a small piece
- Roasted channa dal – 3tbsp
- Salt – to taste
- Water – ½ cup (approx)
Method:
- In a pan, heat oil and add sesame seeds. Site and cook for a minute.
- Then add chopped onions, garlic, and curry leaves. Cook for some time before removing the heat and adding these to a jar.
- Then add grated coconut, dry red chilli (soaked for an hour), tamarind, roasted channa dal, salt, and water to the jar.
- Grind the mixture to a coarse paste.
- Refrigerate and consume the chutney fresh with other food items. It can be refrigerated for two days and consumed.
Health benefits:
The red chutney’s components come with multiple health benefits. Tamarind, a rich source of magnesium and calcium, helps in preventing osteoporosis and bone fractures. Channa dal is loaded with antioxidants, which help in reducing the inflammation in the heart. Coconuts, rich in copper and iron, help in forming red blood cells.