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    Quick fix chutney recipes for breakfast

    Chutneys are sides that often emerge as the stars of a meal. They serve as ideal accomplices to idlis, vadas and dosas in the morning.

    Quick fix chutney recipes for breakfast
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    Green Apple Chutney, Mint Mango and Coconut Chutney and Brinjal Chutney

    Chennai

    Try out these delicious recipes to boost your breakfast:

    GREEN APPLE CHUTNEY

    Ingredients:

    Chopped onions: 1 cup 

    Chopped green apple: 1 cup

    Sambar powder: 1 heaped tsp 

    Jaggery: 2 tsps 

    Oil: 1 tbsp 

    Mustard: 1 tsp 

    Split urad dal: 1 tsp 

    Asafoetida: 2 pinches 

    Salt: to taste 

    Method: 

    • Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard. Once it starts spluttering, add split urad dal and asafoetida.
    • Sauté for few seconds and add the chopped onions. Sauté till the onions turn pale. 
    • Add the chopped green apple, sambar powder, jaggery and salt. Mix well and cook till the apple becomes tender. 
    • Cool and grind this to a coarse chutney.

    MINT MANGO AND COCONUT CHUTNEY

    Ingredients:

    Grated Coconut: 3/4th cup 

    Mint leaves (pudina): 1/2 cup 

    Raw mango chopped: 1 to 1+1/2 tbsps 

    Roasted chana dal ( pottukadalai): 3 tbsps 

    Green chillies: 2-3 

    Ginger: 1/2 inch 

    Salt: to taste

    For Tempering:

    Oil: 2 tsps 

    Mustard: 1/2 tsp 

    Red chillies: 1-2 

    Curry leaves: 1/2 sprig 

    Asafoetida: a pinch

    Method:

    • Wash the mint leaves, chop green chillies and ginger. 
    • Add the coconut, mint leaves, mango, green chillies, ginger, roasted chana dhal and salt to taste in a blender and grind it to a smooth chutney.
    • Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard. When it starts spluttering, add the red chillies, curry leaves and asafoetida. Sauté for a second and pour the tempering over the chutney.

    Recipe: Anuradha Balasubramanian of the blog www.anubalaskitchen.com

    BRINJAL CHUTNEY

    Ingredients:

    Brinjal: 1 no (Medium size) 

    Cooking Oil: 1 tbsp 

    Red chilly: 5- 6 nos 

    Urad dal: 1 tbsp 

    Mustard seeds: 1.5 tsp

    Tamarind: 1 big seed 

    Asafoetida: a pinch 

    Salt and water: As needed

    To Temper:

    Coconut oil: 2 tsp 

    Mustard seeds: 1/4 tsp 

    Urad dal: 1/2 tsp 

    Asafoetida: A pinch

    Method:

    • Roasting the brinjal. Slit cut the brinjal into 4 pieces and brush with oil. 
    • Microwave it for 3-5 mins on high heat. 
    • The skin will come out easily and the brinjal gets cooked. You can do the same on stove top in low to medium flame.Let it cool.Then remove the skin and set aside. 
    • Heat a kadhai with a little oil and roast the mustard , red chillies with urad dal and hing. 
    • Grind the brinjal, red chillies, asafoetida and tamarind along with salt and little water. 
    • Finally add the roasted urad dal and mustard seeds. Coarsely grind it, adding water if necessary. (Be sure the brinjal gets mashed completely.Only the urad dal should be coarse). Temper it at the end. 
    • Serve with idli/dosa by mixing with sesame /gingely oil. 

    Recipe: Chitra Ganapathy of the blog http://www. chitras foodbook.com

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