Loshne Chutney/Garlic Chutney

Every fourth dimension my woman bring upwards encounters a not-so-fresh coconut, she makes garlic chutney. I bring continued the tradition. The garlic in addition to reddish chillies assistance compensate for the coconut's lack of freshness. It's slow to brand in addition to is a neat accompaniment to whatever meal. It tin likewise live on used every bit a dip.Here's the recipe:

Ingredients:

Freshly grated coconut: i cup
Fresh garlic : iv modest cloves
Red chillies : 2-3 medium sized
Tamarind: marble sized ( if using pulp, 1/4 tsp).
Salt to taste
Oil: 1-2 drops
Water to grind: 1/4-1/2 cup

Method:

Sauté peeled garlic cloves inwards 2-3 drops of crude until slightly golden brown. Add reddish chillies in addition to sauté for v seconds.Let it cool down. Once cooled, grind it to a fine glue amongst coconut, tamarind & salt, adding merely plenty H2O to assistance grind .

Can live on stored inwards the fridge inwards an airtight container for upwards to i week.

Enjoy it every bit a dip amongst dosas, apply it on your toast, or job it spell making sandwiches amongst butter/cheese or merely consume it amongst rice.

Note:

If using slightly rancid( not-so-fresh) coconut, sauté it on depression flaming until it starts changing color. Make certain non to burn downward the coconut.

Cooking made easy:

Garlic tin live on easily peeled yesteryear :

cutting off the modest difficult border at the bottom of the clove. This automatically opens upwards the peel.
giving the cloves a whack amongst the apartment side of your chef's knife.
heating the cloves inwards the microwave for 5-10 seconds.
Personally, I prefer the get-go method. For Indian garlic, which are smaller, the tertiary method is easier.

Tip for salubrious living:

For fourth dimension immemorial garlic has been used inwards Indian cooking in addition to has been known for its medicinal properties. It is purported to bring antiviral, antibacterial, anti fungal in addition to cardiovascular protective functions. All these properties are attributed to "allicin" the active gene which gives garlic it's distinctive odor. Did you lot know that garlic is considered a superfood?

References:

http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-300-GARLIC.aspx?activeIngredientId=300&activeIngredientName=GARLIC
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=60

Food for thought:

Patience is a virtue.(unknown).