At dinner gatherings, most of the homes in India will get the party started with samosa and other home made savoury starters (chicken tikka is very popular amongst north Indians). The best dip for these (democratically selected) is green coriander chutney or "hare dhaniye ki chutney". Every region has a variation of the same. In Maharashtra, adding roasted peanuts/ groundnuts is popular while in central India, where I grew up, mint is the prefered addition. I am posting a very simple recipe of this delightfully refreshing dip as I like it :)
Ingredients (to make about 200 - 250grams)
Coriander leaves - 150grams
mint (optional) 30 grams
Garlic - 8 cloves (you can even eliminate it if you have post-dinner plans ^-^)
Ginger - about 30 grams
green chillis - I like about 8 hot ones (but you can reduce them to 3-4 if you don't like it too hot)
lemon/ lime - 1
sugar - 3 teaspoons
salt - 1.5 teaspoon
olive oil (optional) - 3 tablespoons
Chop up the coriander roughly (makes blending it easier). In a blender, add the garlic cloves, green chillis, sliced ginger (since it's harder to blend ginger), 20 ml water, mint, olive oil, and one third of the coriander. Blend till it's a smooth paste, and repeat the process with other parts of coriander. Add the other two thirds of the coriander and also the salt and sugar. Take out in the storage container and squeeze in the lemon, mix well. Enjoy on sandwiches, with samosas, cheese and crackers, mathris (yummm - will try to post it's recipe soon). Hope you like it as much as I do (but not as much as Menno does who eats it like a normal veggie and we have to stop him :D)
Take care and stay healthy,
Gaurav
1 comment:
awesome! can't wait to try :)
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