Allam chutney recipe (Ginger chutney)

Allam Chutney Recipe

Ginger is a powerful root vegetable used to cure many illnesses traditionally with Ayurveda techniques. Allam chutney uses this root as the main ingredient and is a very tasty side dish for pesarattu, dosa and idli. This delicious chutney is quite simple to make too.

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Ginger helps improve our immunity, digestion and overall bone strength. So, why not try to use this good old spice as a chutney? Try this yummy allam chutney recipe (ginger chutney) today.

Ingredients

1. Ginger – 2 square pieces of ginger (1 inch by 1 inch size) (allam/ingi)
2. Onion -1 big
3. Chana dal – 2 tbsp
4. Red chili – 2
5. Tamarind – 1 tsp
6. Cumin seeds – 1 tsp (Jeera)
7. Oil – 1tbsp
8. Salt – as needed

For tempering:

1. Chana dal – 1 tsp
2. Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
3. Urad dal split – 1 tsp
4. Red Chili – 1
5. Curry leaves – 10
6. Oil – 1 tsp

Method

• Roughly chop the ginger and onion into small pieces.
• Heat a pan on the stove on a medium flame and add 1 tbsp oil to it.
• Fry ginger, onion pieces for 2 minutes and transfer them to a clean plate.
• Now fry cumin seeds, chana dal and red chili for a minute and switch off the stove.
• Add tamarind to the pan and let all the ingredients cool down.
• Grind the ingredients with salt in a blender/mixie using a little water if needed and the chutney is ready.

Tempering:

• To temper (talimpu), heat a pan on a medium flame and add 1 tsp oil to it.
• Now add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, chana dal and fry for a minute.
• Add red chili, curry leaves and fry for a few seconds till they turn crisp and switch off the stove.
• Pour the tempering on the grinded chutney and Allam chutney is ready!

Also read: Simple coconut chutney recipe

Also read: Ragi Dosa Recipe

Tips

• You can soak tamarind in water for a few minutes and use that water to grind the chutney.
• Tempering is optional.
• Adjust spice level by increasing or decreasing number of red chilies.
• Check out Preethi Blue Leaf 3 Jar Mixer Grinder on Amazon. I like this mixie as it gives a smooth chutney.

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