sweet potato chutney recipe | genasina chutney recipe
sweet potato chutney recipe | genasina chutney recipe
Servings 3
Ingredients
- 1 medium sized sweet potatoes / genasu
- 2 tsp urad dal
- 3 to 5 dry red chilies / kashmiri chillies
- small lemon sized tamarind
- 4 tbsp of freshly grated coconut/nariyal
- 2 teaspoons oil
for tampering
- ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 red chilly
- 1 good pinch of asafoetida/hing
- few curry leaves
- salt as required
Instructions
- firstly, wash, peel and chop / grate the sweet potatoes well.
- in a frying pan add 1 tsp of oil. roast 2 tsp of urad dal, 3-4 kashmiri dry red chilies, few curry leaves and asafoetida on medium heat.
- fry until the urad dal turns golden brown. allow them to cool.
- in a blender add 4 tbsp of grated fresh coconut, small lemon size tamarind, salt and grated sweet potatoes. ground them to smooth paste.
- make sure to add small amounts of water to bring it to the right consistency (thick dropping consistency).
- prepare tempering by heating 2 teaspoons of oil in a small pan. add mustard seeds, curry leaves. red chilli and allow them to splutter. add asafoetida (hing).
- turn off the heat. transfer the tempering to the chutney.
- serve sweet potato chutney with roti/chapati/rice/ dosa or as an accompaniment.