Mint Chutney (Pudina Chutney)

A common south Indian recipe often served as a side dish with idly or with rice...

Ingredients

Mint leaves - 100 gm ( 2 medium sized bundles )
Coriander seeds - 1/2 tea spoon
Urud dhal (broken) - 2 tea spoon
Cumin seeds - 1/4 tea spoon
Garlic - 5 pieces
Grated coconut - 3 table spoon
Tamarind - 1 small piece
Coriander leaves - some
Red chilies - 5
Pepper seeds - 7-8
Tomato - 1
Onion - 1
Curry leaves - some


1. Wash the mint leaves and remove the stem

2. Heat some oil in kadai and fry coriander seeds, urud dhal , cumin and pepper along with red chilies.
TIP : Fry in low flame until the items turn brown, add red chilies at the end

3. Remove them and fry tomato and garlic in the same kadai.

4. Add grated coconut to it and fry for a minute

5. Remove them and add little oil and fry the mint leaves and coriander leaves(some) for 3 minutes till they shrink

6. Remove and allow it to cool. Cut onions into medium sized pieces and fry them with little oil.

7. Grind the ingredients except mint leaves and onions to a smooth paste. Add salt and a small bit of tamarind to it.

Tip: Grind without adding water and gradually add some water and make a smooth paste.

8. Now add mint leaves and grind into a coarse paste.Finally add fried onions and whip with the mixer for a minute.

9. Heat oil in a kadai and add mustard seeds, once it splutters add curry leaves.

10. Add this seasoning in the chutney and... ready to serve.