People are now waking up to the health benefits of Flaxseed. In North Karnataka where this is grown extensively, this seed has been used in their cuisine since a long time. A chutney powder prepared using these seeds is tasty as well as healthy!
Cuisine: North Karnataka
Time Required: 20 Minutes
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Time Required: 15 Minutes
Ingredients:
1 Cup Pudina / Mint leaves
¾ Cup Kadalebele / Split Bengal gram
10 -12 Dry red chilies
A marble size Tamarind
Oil
Salt to taste
Method:
Fry all the ingredients except for Salt using little Oil separately.
Grind the fried ingredients with Salt to a coarse powder. Serve with Dosa or Idli.
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This Chutney Powder is prepared using groundnuts in North Karnataka and served with the regional staple diet rotti / sorghum flour bread
Time Required: 20 Minutes
Ingredients:
1 Cup Groundnuts
1 – 2 tbsp Chili Powder
2” Tamarind
10 Cloves of Garlic (Optional)
Salt to taste
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We have a Curry leaves tree in Mysore and the tree grows better if the branches are cut during monsoons. After distributing some among the neighbors, the rest are used to prepare Curry leaves Chutney powder.
Time Required: 30 Minutes
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This chutney powder is prepared in North Karnataka and Maharashtra and is served with Bhakri or Chapathi.
Time Required: 10 Minutes
Ingredients:
Half Desiccated Coconut, Grated
7 – 8 Red Chilies
10 Cloves Garlic
1 tbsp Tamarind
Salt to taste
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Fried Bengal Gram and Split Gram spicy powder used as an accompaniment with Dosa, Idli or plain Rice.
Required Time: 30 Minutes
Ingredients:
1 Cup Bengal Gram
1.5 Cup Black split Gram
15 Red Chilies
1.5 Cup Dry Coconut
Little Tamarind
Salt to taste
2 tbsp Sesame Seeds
1 tbsp Oil
A pinch of Asafoetida
Few Curry leaves
1 tsp Mustard Seeds
Method:
Fry Red Chilies and keep it aside. Fry Bengal Gram and Black Gram separately.
Powder the Dry Coconut. Grind Bengal Gram, Urad Dal, Salt and Tamarind and Red Chilies to a powder. Mix this with the Coconut powder
Prepare a seasoning with Oil, Hing, Curry leaves, Mustard seeds.
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A chutney powder prepared using fried gram.
Time Required: 20 Minutes
Ingredients:
1 Cup Hurigadale/Fried Gram
1/2 Cup Dry Coconut
3 one inch pieces of Tamarind
1tsp Hing
½ Cup Red Chilies
1tsp Oil
Salt to taste
Method:
Heat Oil and add Hing, Tamarind and Red Chilies and stir for 2 minutes. Switch off the heat and add Fried Gram and stir for few seconds. Let it cool. Grind Fried Gram, Hing, Red Chilies, Tamarind and Salt to a powder.
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