Cilantro onion chutney
 
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Recipe type: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 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
Instructions
  1. Soak tamarind in little water for at least 15 minutes. Rub and squeeze pulp.
  2. Pour oil in a pot. Heat to medium.
  3. Add onion, cilantro, green chilies and garlic. Cook for 5 minutes. Add salt, close lid and cook for another 10 minutes.
  4. Turn off the stove and let it cool.
  5. Roast sesame seeds and coriander seeds.
  6. Add sesame seeds and coriander seeds to blender. Grind to a powder.
  7. Add cilantro mixture and tamarind juice.
  8. Grind the mixture to course. Not to paste. Remove into bowl.
  9. Prepare for tampering.
  10. Pour oil in a small pot. Add mustard seeds.
  11. When mustard seeds splutter, add cumin. Cook till golden brown.
  12. Add urad dal, cook till golden brown
  13. Add curry leaves. When they stop spluttering, add turmeric powder.
  14. Add hot tampering to the cilantro mixture. Mix well.
  15. Serve hot with rice, quinoa or cooked cracked wheat.
Recipe by Ujwala's Delicacies at https://www.ujwalasdelicacies.com/cilantro-and-onion-chutney/