Garlic red chilli chutney

Garlic chutney is a very delicious and healthy chutney made from garlic cloves, red chillies, coconut. Garlic helps to lower cholesterol and prevents heart related diseases.  Garlic is widely used for several conditions linked to the blood system and heart, including high cholesterol, coronary heart disease and hypertension.  It is good to incorporate garlic in our daily diet as it has lot of health benefits.  Garlic is a wonderful seasoning to add aroma, taste and nutrition to your dishes.  Garlic chutney is also prepared in a dry  form and this dry variety can be stored in bottles and stored upto a month.  This recipe is of  wet variety made with freshly grated coconut and is for immediate use. 

INGREDIENTS

Garlic cloves – 12 to 13 nos

Grated coconut – 1 cup

Whole red chillies – 7 to 8 nos.

Tamarind – 1 pinch

Ginger – 1 inch small piece (optional)

A pinch of asafoetida or hing

Salt to taste

FOR SEASONING

Cooking oil – 2 teaspoons

Mustard seeds or rai – 1/2 teaspoon

6 to 7 curry leaves

Peel the garlic cloves.  Heat 1 teaspoon of oil in a pan.  Add garlic cloves and roast till light brown.  Remove them in a plate.   Add red chillies and roast till deep red.  Remove them.  Then add grated coconut and roast on a low flame till  dry and a nice aroma comes out.  Let all the roasted ingredients cool down a bit.

In a mixer, add all the roasted ingredients, tamarind, ginger, asafoetida and salt.  Grind with little water to a smooth paste.

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