Condiments
Ginger Coconut
An appetizer chutney
Serves 2 persons
Ready in 10 minutes
Ingredients
- Fresh Ginger (finely chopped) – 2 tbsp.
- Curry leaves – 3 leaves
- Greeted Coconut – 1 cup
- Lime juice – 1 tbsp.
- Salt
- Shallot – 1
Method of preparation
- Blend all the above ingredients into a paste form by adding ¼ cup water. The delicious ginger chutney is ready to serve.
Notes: You may serve it with pancakes, kitchery, dosa, and any kinds of rice.
Tomato Ginger
Serves 2 persons
Ready in 10 minutes
Ingredients
- Tomato – 2
- Salt (as requires)
- Ginger – medium sized piece
- Garlic – 1 clove
- Shallots – 3
- Curry leaves – 3 leaves
- Green chili – 1 (according to your spice level)
- Coconut oil – 2 tsp
Method of preparation
- Blend all the above ingredients into a fine paste and dress with coconut oil. The delicious Tomato chutney is ready to serve.
Notes:
- Okey for all the constitutions , except in pitta imbalance.
- You can cook the tomato and peel the skin off and blend
- You may serve it with pancakes, kitchery, dosa, and any kinds of rice.
Mint Coconut
A cooling Pitta balancing Chutney
Serves 2 persons
Ready in 10 minutes
Ingredients
- Mint leaves – 1 cup (chopped)
- Grated Coconut – 1 cup
- Lime juice – 1 tbsp.
- Salt (to taste)
- Green chili – 1 (according to your spice level)
- Shallot – 1
Method of preparation
- Blend all the above ingredients into a paste form by adding ¼ cup water. The delicious Mint chutney is ready to serve.
Notes:
- You can replace mint with cilantro
- Good for all the constitutions and in pitta dominance, people can reduce the green chili and lime juice.
- You may serve it with pancakes, kitchery, dosa, and any kinds of rice.
Mango Coconut
Serves 2 persons
Ready in 10 minutes
Ingredients
- Unripe green mango – 2 tsp sized piece (peel the skin off)
- Curry leaves – 3 leaves
- Grated Coconut – 1 cup
- Salt – to taste
- Shallot – 1
- Green chili – 1 (according to your spice level)
Method of preparation
- Blend all the above ingredients into a paste form by adding ¼ cup water. The delicious Mango chutney is ready to serve.
Notes:
- You may serve it with pancakes, kitchery, dosa, and any kinds of rice.
- Good for all constitution. Pitta dominantpeople can use half ripened mango.
Beet-Yogurt Chutney
Serves 2 persons
Ready in 10 minutes
Ingredients
- Beetroot – 1 medium sized (chopped/grated)
- Onion – 1 small
- Oil – 1 tsp
- Salt – to taste
- Curry leaves –
- Green chili – 1 (according to your spice level)
- Black mustard seeds – ½ tsp
- Yogurt – ½ cup
Method of preparation
- Heat a pan and add 1 tsp oil, add beetroot, onion, salt, curry leaves, green chili.
- Sauté until the beetroot half cooks
- Allow it to cool down and blend into a granulated paste.
- Heat a pan, add 1 tsp oil, sauté black mustard seeds and add yogurt.
- When the yogurt starts to boil, add blended mix and stir well to mix up.
- Check for salt. The soothing Beet-Yogurt chutney is ready to serve.
Notes:
- Good for all the constitutions, in Kapha imbalance avoid the yogurt.
- You can replace beetroot with carrots
- You may serve it with pancakes, kitchery, dosa, and any kinds of rice.
Cilantro Chutney
Serves 2 persons
Ready in 10 minutes
Ingredients
- Cilantro – I cup (chopped)
- Ginger – ½ inch size
- Green chili – 1 (according to your spice level)
- Lemon juice – 1 tbsp.
- Cumin powder – ¼ tsp
- Salt – to tast
Method of preparation
- Blend all the above ingredients into a paste form by adding ¼ cup water. The delicious Cilantro chutney is ready to serve.
Notes:
- Good for all constitutions. In pitta imbalance, reduce the green chili and lime juice.
- You may serve it with pancakes, kitchery, dosa, and any kinds of rice.
Coconut chutney
Serves 2 persons
Ready in 20 minutes
Ingredients
- Grated coconut– 1 cup
- Ginger – ½ inch size
- Green chili – 1 (according to your spice level)
- Lemon juice/Tamarind juice – 1 tbsp.
- Shallot – 1
- Salt – To taste
- Curry leaves – 7 leaves
8. Oil – 2 tsp
9. Black mustard seeds – 1 tsp
10. Black gram – ½ tsp
Method of preparation
- Blend 1-6 ingredients along with 4 curry leaves into a paste form by adding ½-1 cup water.
- Heat a pan, add oil, black mustard seeds, curry leaves, black gram and sauté for 1 minute and mix with blended coconut and the dish is ready to serve.
Notes:
You may serve it with pancakes, kitchery, dosa, and any kinds of rice.