Thursday, May 8, 2008

Chutney Sauce Recipes

Green Chutney


Ingredients:
Fresh coriander or mint
5-10 gms Ginger
Green chillies
Cumin seed
Hing
Jaggery
Tamarind
Oil
Salt to taste

Method:
Grind all ingredients. Heat oil in a pan. Add hing and cumin seeds.
Remove from the flame and pour it over the above mixture. Green Chutney is ready.
Serve it with bread sandwich, Samosa or Rice.

Mango Chutney

Ingredients:
2 Small raw mangoes
15 Red chillies
1 tsp Mustard seeds
A pinch of hing
2 tbsp Oil
2 tsp Cumin seeds
Salt to taste
Few red chilli pieces and curry leaves
1 tsp Urad dal
1/2 tsp of Jeera

Method:
Peel and wash the mango. Cut it into small pieces.
Heat little oil and fry red chillies in it. Add jeera and remove from the fire.
Grind together red chillies and jeera. Add mango pieces and salt.
Heat oil in a small pan and add mustard seeds, red chillies, urad dal, jeera, hing and curry leaves.
When mustard seeds begin to splutter, add the seasoning to the mango chutney.

Orange Sauce

Ingredients:
3 Oranges
3 tsp Chopped china grass
3 tsp Sugar
Orange essence
Lemon juice
Orange color

Method:
Add grass of water. Cook it on a low flame until the grass dissolves.
Strain and add orange juice. Boil the mixture for a minute.
Cool till it becomes lukewarm. Now add lemon juice and sugar.
Pour this into an ice tray. Keep it to set in a refrigerator.
Add orange coloring and essence.

Oyster Sauce

Ingredients:
4 tbsp Butter
1 Cup onion
8 oz. Oysters
2 Cups oyster water
1 tsp Thyme
1 tsp Oregano
2 tsp Basil
4 Garlic flakes
4 tbsp Butter
2 tbsp Flour
1 Cup cream
Salt and pepper to taste

Method:
Chop the green onions. Heat the butter.
Add chopped onions till soft. Mix oysters, oyster water, thyme, oregano, basil and minced garlic.
Stir the mixture. Mix butter and flour.
Cook to make a thick mixture. Add this to the above mixture.
Cook the sauce over medium heat for 5 minutes. Keep it aside.
Now add cream to the sauce. Add salt and pepper.

Tarter Sauce

Ingredients:
1 Cup mayonnaise
1 tbsp Minced onion
2 tbsp Lemon juice
1 tbsp Sweet pickle relish
Salt and pepper to taste

Method:
In a small bowl, mix together the mayonnaise, sweet pickle relish, and minced onion.
Stir in lemon juice. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Put into the refrigerator for at least 1 hour before serving.

Easy Recipes

Dahi Bhalla


Ingredients:
1 cup urad dal
1 kg yoghurt
2 tsp roasted cumin powder
1 tsp red chilli powderr
1 tsp black salt
salt to taste
1 inch ginger julienned
oil for frying
3 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
15-20 raisins
1 green chillli
mint chutney
tamarind chutney

Method:
Wash and soak the dal in cold water overnight. Next day, strain and grind to a smooth paste. Whisk into the batter 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp red chilli powder and raisins.
Heat oil in a wok. Drop tablespoons of batter in it and fry until light golden.
Remove, drain on absorbent paper. Put the bhallas in hot water. Leave for 2 minutes. Drain, squeezing out the water between the palm of your hands.
Whisk the yoghurt well with kala namak and salt to taste.

Paav Bhaji

Ingredients:
2 Large potatoes
1/2 Cup boiled green peas
1/2 Capsicums
2 Large chopped onions
1 Large chopped tomato
2 tbsps garlic
5 tbsps butter
Salt to taste
4 Paavs

Method:
Cut all the vegetables into small pieces.
Fry onions in melted butter.
Add vegetables and garlic and mix it well.
Cook it till it turns tender.
Add butter and cook it for 5 minutes.
Place the Paavs on heated tawa and add spread butter on it.
Cook it till it turns brown.

Dudhi Raita


Ingredients:
1 small Dudhi - shredded
3 cups plain yogurt
2 tbsp water
2 tbsp salt
3 green chillies - finely chopped
2 tbsp mustard seeds - roughly ground
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp ground black pepper
2 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro

Method:
Boil dudhi for 8-10 mins or until the color turns clear and let it cool.
Drain dudhi.
Beat yogurt with water.
Add rest of the ingredients-including drained dudhi.
Cool it for 5-10 mins.
Serve with roti, rice or pulao.

Shahi Raita

Ingredients:
2 cucumber chopped
1 large onion chopped
1 carrot chopped
1 cup promegranade seeds
chopped coriander 2 tablespoon
chopped mint 1 tablespoon
1/4 tsp cummin powder
1tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp sugar
2 tbsp roasted crushed ground nuts or cashew nuts
chopped green chillies as per your choice
salt to taste

Method:
Beat the yoghurt in a big bowl and add salt, cummin powder and other ingredients.
Serve chilled.