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Spicy Chutney Powder Varieties

Spicy Chutney Powder Varieties

Chutney powder is a popular dish especially for bachelors who are not that expert in cooking or does not have cooking experience. If chutney powder is available handy, then one can prepare rice or roti varieties or prepare ready made idli or dosa and have with it.

There are various varieties of chutney powders and the taste of all chutney powder depends on the main ingredient. Next few slides have tasty chutney powder recipes that one can try at home.

Nutrition value of all chutney powder is “high in protein” because all of them need lentils.

They also carry rich amount of calcium (as in sesame) or help in reducing cholesterol (garlic chutney powder).

Leaves of different plants can be used to make chutney powder ( neem and curry leaves) and one can get nutrition benefit of these valuable plants.

All these powders can be mixed with hot rice and can be good lunch item too!

Neem Flower Chutney Powder: Click here to read more

Neem Flower Chutney Powder

Coriander Leaves Chutney Powder: Click here to read more

Coriander Chutney Powder

Flaxseed Chutney Powder: Click here to read more

Flax Seeds Chutney Powder

Garlic Chutney Powder: Click here to read more

Garlic Chutney Chutney Powder

Peanut (Shenga) Chutney Powder: Click here to read more

Peanut Chutney Powder

Horsegram Chutney Powder: Click here to read more

Horse Gram Chutney Powder

Parappu (Tur dal) Chutney Powder: Click here to read more

Parappu Chutney Powder

Curry Leaves Chutney Powder: Click here to read more

Curry Leaves Chutney Powder

Sesame Seed Chutney Powder: Click here to read more

Sesame Chutney Powder

Dry Coconut (Copra) Chutney Powder: Click here to read more

Dry Coconut Chutney Powder

Ginger Chutney Powder: Click here to read more

Ginger Chutney Powder

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References and images :

  • http://myindiarecipes.com,
  • http://udupi-recipes.com,

Author: Sumana Rao | Posted on: June 30, 2017
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Ginger Chutney Powder

Ginger Chutney Powder

Ingredients:

  1. Channa dal – 1 cup
  2. Red chillies – 1/2 cup
  3. Finely chopped ginger – 1/2 cup
  4. Curry leaves – 1 cup
  5. Asafoetida – a pinch
  6. Oil – 1 spoon
  7. Grated Desiccated coconut – 2 cups
  8. Salt – to taste
  9. Jaggery – a small piece
  10. Tamarind – small lemon sized
  11. Pepper Corns – 6 to 8

Method:

1. Wash, finely chop ginger or grate ginger. (you can peel the skin).

2. Roast channa dal on medium flame till you get aroma.

3. Heat 1/2 a spoon of oil and add asafetida, mustard – add broken chillies, curry leaves, pepper and fry till crisp.

4. Add grated coconut and fry for a minute, keep aside.

5. Roast ginger with 1/2 spoon oil till it becomes dry and crisp on low flame.

6. Cool all the roasted ingredients, add salt, jaggery, tamarind and grind to a coarse powder.

7. Serve with hot rice or dosa and idli.


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Dry Coconut Chutney Powder

Dry Coconut (Copra) Chutney Powder

Ingredients:

1. Dry coconut grated – 1 cup

2. Red chilli – 12

3. Asafoetida – a pinch

4. Salt – as per your taste

5. Mustard – 1 tsp

6. Curry leaves – 1 leaflet

Method:

1. Dry roast grated dry coconut to slightly brown color.

2. Dry roast red chilli.

3. Allow both to cool.

4. Add salt and using a mixer grind it for about a minute – fine coarse powder it should be.

5. In a pan heat oil, add mustard and curry leaves – prepare seasoning. Allow it to cool

6. Add seasoning to the powder and store powder in a air tight container.

7. Serve with hot rice with oil or ghee of your choice.


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Sesame Chutney Powder

Sesame Seed Chutney Powder

Ingredients:

1. Sesame seeds- 1 cup

2. Chana dal- 1/2 cup

3. Urad dal- 1/4 cup

4. Dry red chillies- 8 nos

5. Garlic- 4 big cloves

6. Curry leaves- 2 strands

7. Asafoetida- 1/4 teaspoon

8. Salt to taste

Method:

1. In a pan dry roast the sesame seeds until you see crackle of sesame seeds,

2. Dry roast the chana dal and urad dal till they release flavor and turn golden color

3. Dry roast red chillies, cut garlic, and curry leaves together till the red chillies and curry leaves turns crisp.

4. Combine all ingredients that are roasted and allow to cool.

5. Transfer the cooled ingredients inside a blender jar with asafetida and salt; grind to a coarse powder.


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Curry Leaves Chutney Powder

Curry Leaves Chutney Powder

Ingredients:

1. Curry leaves -12 leaflets

2. Urad dal – 1/4 cup

3. Chenna dal -1/4 cup

4. Black pepper -10

5. Red chilli -10-12

6. Asafoetida – 1/4 tsp

7. Salt to taste

8. Tamarind- a small lemon size

9. Mustard – 1/4 tsp

Method:

1. Wash the curry leaves and sundry or dry them on a paper towel. In a pan add the urad dal (Black gram), 10 black pepper and red chilli .

2. Fry these three ingredients till the urad dal turns golden brown. Add curry leaves and fry for few more seconds until leaves totally becomes dry.

3. In a pan add oil and add the tamarind and asafoetida saute for 2-3 minutes in a low flame.

4. When all these above ingredients cool down, grind into a fine powder in a dry mixer.

5. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard and a red chilli. Once mustard cracks turn off the flame and add to the above mix. Store this powder in a dry container.

6. Add this powder to hot rice, mix with ghee or oil and have.


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Parappu Chutney Powder

Parappu (Tur dal) Chutney Powder

Ingredients

1. Tur dal – 1/3 cup

2. Red chillies – 5

3. Black pepper -1/4 tsp

4. Asafoetida – a pinch

5. Salt to taste

Method

1. Dry roast dal till it turns golden brown

2. Dry roast red chillies and pepper in different vessels (or one by one)

3. Allow ingredients to cool.

4. Dry grind everything together to a slightly coarse powder along with salt.

5. Store it in an air tight container.

6. Serve it with hot g rice topped with a tsp ghee or oil. One can have yogurt/curd on side or serve with pappad or vadam with it.


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Horse Gram Chutney Powder

Horsegram Chutney Powder

Ingredients

1. Horsegram -1/2 cup

2. Red chillies – 5

3. Black Pepper – 1/2 tbsp

4. Cumin seeds – 1/2 tbsp

5. Urad dal – 2 tbsp

6. Tur dal – 2 tbsp

7. Asafoetida – a pinch

8. Salt as needed

Method:

1. Dry roast horsegram until you get a nice aroma of roasted dal.

2. Dry roast both the dals together until it turns light brown. Dry roast pepper, cumin seeds and red chillies together.

3. After it cools, dry grind everything together with salt and asafetida to a slightly coarse powder.

4. Serve with hot rice with a tsp of ghee. You can even have it with idli and dosa too.


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Peanut Chutney Powder

Peanut (Shenga) Chutney Powder

Ingredients:

1. 2 cups- Peanut Ground nut

2. 1/2 cup- Roasted chana dal

3. 4 – Garlic , peeled .

4. 10 – 18 -Red Chilli mix –

5. Few curry Leaves

6. Lime size Tamarind

7. 1 tsp- Cooking oil

8. Salt

Method:

1. Dry roast peanuts in, till the skin peels off or brown spots appear on them. Dry roast fried gram till it leaves aroma.

2. Roast red chillies and tamarind. Add curry leaves, and continue to roast till red chillies, tamarind and curry leaves turns crispy

3. Transfer all the roasted ingredients into the frying pan including raw garlic. Fry this mixture for another 1-2 mins and take off from the heat. Garlic will remain little raw.

4. Allow the mixture to cool completely before grinding. Transfer to mixer jar, add salt and pulse it to a medium coarse powder, Peanut chutney pudi is ready. Store it in air tight container.

5. Mix peanut chutney powder with dash of ghee or oil in rice or serve with oil as a side dish for idli, dose, roti, chapatti etc.


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