Name: Mint chutney recipe by navneetha konjerla at BetterButter
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: One and half cup fresh mint leaves; One teaspoon cumin seeds; One teaspoon split black gram; Few peanuts; One tablespoon sesame seeds; One tablespoon coriander seeds; Two dry red chillies; Salt as per taste; Half teaspoon sugar; One teaspoon tamarind; Cooking oil

ABOUT Mint chutney RECIPE

Mint chutney is prepared using fresh mint leaves .You can call this chutney as `All in one chutney´ because this chutney can be served as accompainment for pakodas,dosas,idli,tandoori snacks and you can even mix in rice.

Ingredients Serving: 3

One and half cup fresh mint leaves
One teaspoon cumin seeds
One teaspoon split black gram
Few peanuts
One tablespoon sesame seeds
One tablespoon coriander seeds
Two dry red chillies
Salt as per taste
Half teaspoon sugar
One teaspoon tamarind
Cooking oil

Instructions

Take a pan add few teaspoon oil. When oil is heated add teaspoon cumin seeds and teaspoon split black gram
After black gram turns little brown add few peanuts and tablespoon coriander seeds and saute for few seconds
Next add 2 dry red chillies and a tablespoon sesame seeds and saute for few minutes on low flame
Finally add one and half cup mint leaves and roast for few minutes
Soak a teaspoon tamarind in little water.Microwave for few seconds and extract juice
Cool all sauted ingredients and transfer to blender
Next add extracted tamarind juice to blender
Finally add salt as per taste,half teaspoon sugar to blender and blend by adding little water to paste
After preparing chutney final step is tempering.For tempering take little oil in pan and add cumin seeds
When they splutter add half teaspoon split black gram and few curry leaves
Finally transfer tempering to blended chutney and mix.You can add little water and mix if chutney is too thick
Garnish with mint leaves and serve mint chutney with rice or any dosa,idli or chapathi

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