Saturday, February 4, 2012

Garlic chutney

Garlic chutney


Garlic is a widely recognized health enhancing supplement around the world.Garlic promotes the well being of the heart and immune systems with antioxidant properties and helps maintain healthy blood circulation.Garlic has germanium in it.Germanium is an anti-cancer agent and garlic has more of it than any other herbs.Another health benefit  of garlic is it helps regulate the body's blood pressure.So whether you have a problems with low or high blood pressure garlic can help equalize it .It is also a good choice for killing and expelling parasites such has pin worms from the body.
         In addition to all these health benefits,garlic is packed with vitamins and nutrients .Some of them are vitamin A ,B,B2  and C,calcium ,Zinc, potassium, protein and many others.
                                I still remember whenever i had this tonsillitis my amma(mom) used to advise me to have garlic with beaten rice.Just crush few garlic cloves and have it  along with beaten rice,chew it for some time and swallow it.It acts like a antibiotic. Another   mom's remedy, when ever our servant used to complain of pain in her fingers due to peeling off the skin around her finger tips,my mom used to fry some garlic along with some salt and used to tie them around her finger and believe me the pain just vanishes within no time.so garlic is a very useful herb.I try to add this in my daily diet in some forms.Today i want to share this tasty garlic chutney which we use to carry when we used to travel by train  along with our soft idlies.Let me start with the ingredients for this lovey chutney.


Ingredients:-
coconut-1/2(grated)
garlic cloves-8-10(crushed slightly)
red chillies-6
tamarind-1marble sized ball
salt-1tsp
coconut oil or any other oil-1tsp


Method:-

Oondi(steamed rice balls) a mangalorean special

  • Fry garlic and red chillies in coconut or any other vegetable oil till garlic changes to light brown color.
  • Now grind garlic ,red chillies ,tamarind coconut and salt to fine paste with very little water to fine paste.
  • serve with dosa,chapati or idli.
Note:-If you want to keep this for a couple of days then add little more oil while frying garlic and just don't add any water while grinding.

hot and sweet mint chutney

 Fresh Mint  has  cool rich pungent flavor. that pair well with anything whether its tandoori dishes or fried pakodas or our south indian dosa and idli or north indian paratas or any drinks. It may  also help in indigestion,headaches and other health problems.Mint is low in calorie and high in vitamins and minerals..Fresh mint is a very good source of  vitamin C to help boost your immune system.Vitamin C also has antioxidant properties.I think this information is helpful to all those who hardly use mint in their daily diet. So  thought of sharing some chutneys.Today i am sharing this hot and sweet chutney.



Mint chutney

Ingredients:-
Fresh mint leaves-1bunch
Green chillies-6-7
Coriander leaves-1/4 bunch
Garlic5-7 cloves
Ginger-1 inch piece
Mustard-1/2tsp
Saunf(fennel seeds)-1tsp
tamarind-1 marble sized ball
sugar-2tsp
salt-1/2tsp
oil-1tsp for seasoning.
Method:-
Crispy Egg pakoda..
  • clean and wash the leaves.
  • Grind it along with all the ingredients axcept mustard seeds.Add little water while making the paste.
  • Now prepare seasoning.Add a tsp of oil.when the oil get hot put mustard and let it sizzle.Then just add this to the chutney.


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