pudina chutney recipe | mint chutney recipe | pudina pachadi recipe
easy pudina chutney recipe | mint chutney recipe | pudina pachadi recipe
Servings 4 Servings
Ingredients
- 1 bunch pudina leaves / mint leaves
- 2 cloves garlic / lassun
- 1 inch ginger / adrak
- 1-2 green chili
- 1 small piece tamarind
- ½ cup coconut / nariyal fresh / desiccated / frozen
- salt to taste
- hot water as required
for tempering:
- 2 tsp oil
- ¾ tsp mustard seeds / rai
- generous pinch hing / asafetida
- 2 dried red chilli
- few curry leaves
Instructions
- firstly, in a blender take a bunch of mint / pudina leaves. make sure to clean and discard thick stems of mint leaves.
- also add 2 cloves of garlic.
- furthermore, add a piece of ginger.
- and also green chili. adjust the amount of green chili according to your spice level.
- further, add a small piece of tamarind to give tanginess.
- also add coconut. use fresh / desiccated / frozen coconut as available. using fresh coconut makes chutney more juicy and tasty.
- add salt as required.
- also add hot water as required. adding hot water avoids coconut from forming cream.
- blend to smooth paste adding water if required.
- meanwhile, in a small kadai heat oil.
- further, add mustard seeds, hing, dried red chilli and curry leaves.
- allow the tempering to splutter.
- then pour the tempering over prepared chutney.
- finally, pudina chutney / mint chutney is ready to serve with plain rice, dosa or idli.