Cilantro onion chutney
Author: Ujwala Chintala
Recipe type: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4
- 3 cups cilantro
- 1 small white or red onion chopped
- 5-10 green chillies depending on your spice level
- 5 garlic cloves
- 1½ tbsp sesame seeds
- ½ tsp - coriander seeds
- ¼th tsp - pure turmeric powder
- ½ inch tamarind ball
- 3-4 tsp healthy oil preferably coconut
- ½ tsp - jeera (cumin)
- ¼ tsp - mustard seeds
- 1 tsp - urad dal
- 5-8 curry leaves
- Soak tamarind in little water for at least 15 minutes. Rub and squeeze pulp.
- Pour oil in a pot. Heat to medium.
- Add onion, cilantro, green chilies and garlic. Cook for 5 minutes. Add salt, close lid and cook for another 10 minutes.
- Turn off the stove and let it cool.
- Roast sesame seeds and coriander seeds.
- Add sesame seeds and coriander seeds to blender. Grind to a powder.
- Add cilantro mixture and tamarind juice.
- Grind the mixture to course. Not to paste. Remove into bowl.
- Prepare for tampering.
- Pour oil in a small pot. Add mustard seeds.
- When mustard seeds splutter, add cumin. Cook till golden brown.
- Add urad dal, cook till golden brown
- Add curry leaves. When they stop spluttering, add turmeric powder.
- Add hot tampering to the cilantro mixture. Mix well.
- Serve hot with rice, quinoa or cooked cracked wheat.
Recipe by Ujwala's Delicacies at https://www.ujwalasdelicacies.com/cilantro-and-onion-chutney/
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