Flax-Seed Chutney

What a great way to have your daily source of omega-3, if you include a spoonful of chutney in your dinner!
Flax-seeds - back in India we call these 'Javas'. It's mostly made in winter for it's heat properties. Flax-seeds are also great source of dietary fiber.
It is a dry chutney. This is the quickest chutney I have ever made. Here is all you need-:

• Organic sprouted ground flax-seed
• Garlic cloves
• Red chilly powder
• Salt to taste
• A pinch of sugar.

Chop the garlic in to 2- 3 pieces, and toss everything together into a blender. Grind until powdered. You can enjoy this chutney with any Indian bread. Works very well with any kind of parathas.

You can certainly use the whole flax-seeds and roast them before grinding them in the mixer. But I think using ground flax-seeds gives a nice texture to the chutney and it also saves the time of roasting the seeds.

If you use ground  seeds, the chutney hardly takes 2 minutes to get ready. I mean it. TWO minutes only! Try it yourself and let me know..:)

Green Tomato Chutney

Simple and delicious chutney made from homemade green tomatoes tastes yummy! All you need is 6 simple ingredients to make this super delicious chutney.

• Green tomatoes - finely chopped
• Garlic - finely chopped
• Cumin seeds - half tbsp
• Onion - finely chopped.
• Salt to taste. 
• Canola oil for tadka

Heat some oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds when the oil is hot. Once they start sizzling add chopped garlic and let them play around for a minute. Add onion and stir them until they are soft, add chopped green tomatoes. Cover and keep for about 10 minutes keep stirring in between. Once everything becomes soft, add salt as per taste. Add red chilly powder if you want to make it spicy or you can also add chopped green chilly.

Enjoy with hot Indian bread(Roti/ naan) or just use it as a spread over bread. Top it off with Cilantro. You can also use this as a stuffing in to vegetable like bell pepper.

I am sending this recipe to LGSS "Tomato" November 05 to December 05 event. Vatsala of Show and tell has announced this event on her blog. Thanks to both of them for hosting the event.

Peanut- Garlic Chutney

Peanut- Garlic Chutney
(Note- Those red chilies are just to add the brightness in the picture- don't eat them just like that..:)))

After I wrote Red chard (pale bhaji) post, I could not wait to try some kind of chutney. I made this nice blend of peanuts and garlic with shredded coconut ,red chillies, salt, sugar and a hint of tamarind. It is the best chutney I have ever made. Hope you like it too.

Here are the ingredients-:

1. Peanuts- 1/4 cup
2. Garlic cloves- 4 big
3. Dry coconut- shredded - 1/4 cup
4. 1 red chili
5. Tamarind- add as per your taste, I added couple of small pieces of deseeded tamarind
6. Salt to taste
7. sugar to taste.

You can certainly change the quantity of red chili and garlic as much as you like. That will only make it spicier or milder depending on whether you increase or decrease the quantity.  I wanted  a medium version, so I only  used 1 red chilly and 4 cloves of garlic.

Dry roast shredded coconut, peanuts, garlic cloves and red chili separately  and then add them into a blender. Add salt, sugar and tamarind. Grind everything very well. Give it a stir in between and grind again. Grind the mixture to a consistency as seen in the picture above.

Store in an airtight container. Enjoy with paratha/ scallion pancakes, roti, bhakari, or rice.  Or simply just layer the chutney along with Desi ghee( tup) on a slice of whole grain bread for the breakfast. Good mix of protein (Peanuts) ,good carbs (Whole grain bread) and good fat (Desi ghee) to kick off your day..:)

Have fun.:)