Mint ginger chutney
Tasty ginger flavoured mint chutney to pair with Idli dosa
Servings: 3 people
Ingredients
- 2 cup mint leaves tightly packed
- 1 tbsp chana dal
- 3 green chilis
- 10 small onion
- 1 small tomato
- 1 piece ginger
- 2 tbsp grated coconut
- Salt as needed
- 3 tsp oil+ 1 tsp for tempering
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- ½ tsp urad dal
Instructions
- In a pan add 3 tsp oil and add the chana dal and roughly chopped green chili.
- Saute this till the dal turns golden brown colour.
- Take it out from the pan.
- In the pan add the onion and ginger.
- I used small onion, you can use 1 big onion too.
- Saute the onions and once it is half done, add the tomato.
- Cook till it becomes mushy.
- Add the mint leaves and saute for 2 minutes.
- Take out and add 2 tbsp fresh coconut and salt.
- Cool and grind into a fine paste.
- Temper mustard seeds and urad dal in 1 tsp oil.
- Add this to the chutney and mix well.
- Serve with Idli, dosa, or upma.
Notes
1.You can skip the tempering and use this chutney as a spread on bread too.
2.Few cloves of garlic can be added along with onions.
3. Mint ginger chutney pairs well with chapati too.
