RAW TAMARIND TURMERIC FRESH RED CHILLI CHUTNEY | ಹುಣಸೇಕಾಯಿ ಅರಿಶಿನ ಹಸಿ ಕೆಂಪು ಮೆಣಸಿನಕಾಯಿ ತೊಕ್ಕು | Very gladly I’m going to share one more variety or variant of raw tamarind chutney or hunasekayi tokku. This variant contains raw turmeric/fresh turmeric, fresh whole red chilli as well in it, this is the third variation hunasekayi tokku.. Tokku
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CARAMBOLA CHUTNEY | ಕಮರಖ ಕಾಯಿ ಅಥವಾ ನಕ್ಷತ್ರ ಹಣ್ಣು ಅಥವಾ ಧಾರೆಹುಳಿ ಕಾಯಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | Star fruit or Carambola is considered as a highly nutritious seasonal fruit widely available during winter season, we can make some of very easy recipes with this fruit and today I made star fruit chutney at our place It provides anti inflammatory
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ಹುಣಸೇಕಾಯಿ ಮತ್ತು ಹಸಿ ಅರಿಶಿಣ ತೊಕ್ಕು | Today I’m here to share one more variety or variant of raw tamarind chutney or hunasekayi tokku. This variant contains raw turmeric or fresh turmeric as well in it Tokku (Kannada word) refers to a spicy flavourful south Indian style condiment, essentially a thick pickle made from grated or
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ಸೋರೆಕಾಯಿ ಸಿಪ್ಪೆ ಮತ್ತು ತಿರುಳಿನ ಚಟ್ನಿ | It just strike my mind and immediately came into existence today. Yes I’m talking about today’s wonderful chutney recipe, which goes as an healthy, fiber rich, protein rich accompaniment along with anything and everything. Till now I used to make chutney using only bottle gourd, but today felt like
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ಹುಣಸೇಕಾಯಿ ತೊಕ್ಕು | ಹುಣಸೇ ತೊಕ್ಕು | Tokku (Kannada word) refers to a spicy flavourful south Indian style condiment, essentially a thick pickle made from grated or pureed or crushed or Pounded raw vegetables or herbs or fruits like tomato, onion, raw mango, amla, raw tamarind, green and red chilies, apple etc etc Therefore we do
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ಹರಿವೆ ಅಥವಾ ದಂಟಿನ ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಚಟ್ನಿ | ಹಸಿರು ಸೊಪ್ಪುಗಳ ಚಟ್ನಿ | ವಿಡಿಯೋ | What an amazing chutney recipe which can be made using any kind of leafy vegetables like amaranthus leaves or fenugreek leaves or Spinach/Palak leaves or Gongura or sorrel leaves etc. In fact that’s why I named this dish as greens chutney and today
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ಕೆಂಪ್ ಮೆಣಸಿನಕಾಯಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | ಕೆಂಪು ಮೆಣಸಿನಕಾಯಿ ತೊಕ್ಕು | Fresh whole Picador red chili is used in this recipe to make this chutney or tokku. Few other herbs goes into this recipe along with red chilies to turn it into the yummiest ! I have grown up consuming this fresh whole red chili chutney/tokku almost regularly
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ಆಂಧ್ರ ಶೈಲಿಯ ಮೂಲಂಗಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ Today’s dish is an Andhra Pradesh special preparation called moolangi pachadi, which I learnt long ago from a friend who happened to be my neighbour as well. In AP (Andhra Pradesh) they make chutney by using almost any vegetable. There they call this dish as Pachadi. So the word Pachadi’ translates
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ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ನೆಲ್ಲಿಕಾಯಿ ಅಥವಾ ಆಮ್ಲ ಉದ್ದಿನಬೇಳೆ ಚಟ್ನಿ | Just another healthy accompaniment to go with all kinds of flat breads, dosa, rice etc. I always feel proud that I’m feeding healthy stuffs to my family and that could truly happen by God’s grace. One of the very easy and tasty amla chutney recipe, which can be
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ಹಾಗಲಕಾಯಿ ಮಾವಿನಕಾಯಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | ತೊಕ್ಕು | Bitter gourd/Karela is one of my most favourite vegetable. I can eat anything made using bitter gourd at any time. Bitter gourd chutney is one such recipe which I make since so many years. But since couple of years I’m also making bitter gourd chutney by adding a good
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ಗಟ್ಟಿ ಮೊಸರು ಪುದೀನಾ ಚಟ್ನಿ | One of the easiest and tastiest chutney recipe to serve along with any kind of snacks like Kebabs, fritters, rolls etc. Though I make this chutney since many years, never shared my way of making it. I make it in really simple manner with easily available ingredients. Just few regular
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ಮಾವಿನ ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಚಟ್ನಿ | ಹಣ್ಣು ಮಾವಿನ ಚಟ್ನಿ | Yes ! you read it right ! made chutney using ripe, sweet mango. Its almost the end of the mango season here, but we got some really sweet mangoes in the market. So one day made our own malenadu recipe mavina huli/ripe mango dal which is made
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ಅಜವೈನ್ ಎಲೆ ಚಟ್ನಿ | ದೊಡ್ಡಪತ್ರೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಚಟ್ನಿ | Very often I would like to make use of these herbal leaves in some way or the other to get all the health benefits of it. off late it happens like I add these leaves while grinding the masala for making mixed vegetable Sagu as well and
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ಆಲೂಗಡ್ಡೆ ಚಟ್ನಿ | One of the special kind of chutney which I learnt how to make when we were living in Manipal, South canara, Karnataka. This potato chutney + steaming hot rice with little ghee is definitely a wonderful meal any day. Other than rice it also goes very well with chapati, plain paratha, lachha
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ಕರಿಬೇವು ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಚಟ್ನಿ | ಕರಿಬೇವಿನ ಚಟ್ನಿ | As such we (I & Suresh) are a great fans of curry leaves and by default also we are consuming this wonder leaves since birth as we are from southern part of India. This healthy herb is hugely used there in almost every hot & salt dish we
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aromatic leaves with medicinal value – ಅಜವೈನ್ ಎಲೆ ಚಟ್ನಿ | ದೊಡ್ಡಪತ್ರೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಚಟ್ನಿ ವಿಡಿಯೋ | A leaf with pungent aroma doddapatre or karpooravalli or sambaru balli call it by any name, which is widely used in southern parts of India, mainly Karnataka. It’s binomial name is Plectra thus amboinicus. Common names in English includes Indian
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ಶುಂಠಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | ಹಸಿ ಶುಂಠಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | Healthiest, delicious, aromatic, flavorful, tasty, appetising ginger chutney recipe to go with almost everything like idly, dosay, rotti, steamed rice, curd rice etc etc. The recipe needs no explanation as it has got all the awesome healthy ingredients which we surely wish to use in our daily cooking.
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ಸೌತೆಕಾಯಿ ಸಿಪ್ಪೆ ಚಟ್ನಿ | In most of our houses in south, whenever we use cucumber for making anything, we do not throw away its peel and soft middle portion containing seeds, rather we make chutney using the peel and raita using the seed portion. So today I’m here with the recipe of cucumber peel chutney
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ಸೇಬು ಹಣ್ಣು ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ನೆಲ್ಲಿಕಾಯಿ ಮತ್ತು ಹಸಿ ಶುಂಠಿ ತೊಕ್ಕು | Inspired by the post of one of the fellow member in one of the food recipes groups Ashoka Acharya, made this spicy tangy tokku using apple, amla, ginger and fresh whole red chilies, which are available now in the market during winters. We relished this tokku
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ಹಸಿ ದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | ದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | After trying out instant pickle using fresh green grapes, I made spicy grapes chutney with the remaining grapes and it too turned out too tasty and very gladly added to my chutney category/collection. We liked this chutney so much that I bought the sour grapes yet few more
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ಅಕ್ರೂಟ್/ಆಕ್ರೋಡು ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ನೆಲ್ಲಿಕಾಯಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | This is my 18th kind of chutney recipe. Made chutney using the Kashmir’s significant nut – walnut. More often I use more walnuts wherever and whenever I feel like it fits into that particular recipe, considering its innumerable health benefits. This time I tried making chutney, which can be used
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ದಿಢೀರ್ ರವೆ ಇಡ್ಲಿ ಸಾಗು ಮತ್ತು ಚಟ್ನಿ | ” Oh wow it tastes exactly like MTR ones – was the immediate reaction by Suresh as soon as he ate the first bite !!!! ” So…. what certificate else I need than his appreciation – joyfully sharing the recipes of how exactly I make rave idly/semolina/sooji idly,
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ಮಾವಿನಕಾಯಿ ತೊಕ್ಕು | ಮಾವಿನ ತೊಕ್ಕು | This mavinakayi tokku can be prepared in two ways, ie by using dried whole red chili or fresh red chili paste Below I have posted both the methods, you can have a look. Tastes equally yummy in both the methods. An absolutely yummy condiment which is tangy, spicy mango
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ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ನೆಲ್ಲಿಕಾಯಿ ತೊಗರಿಬೇಳೆ ಚಟ್ನಿ | In the morning…. during those hurry burry hours, when I wanted to prepare a chutney, without any pre plan, to use as an accompaniment with huli-anna (sambar-rice), my eyes fell on two gooseberries, which were lying on my kitchen counter, insisted me on preparing this particular chutney. To my surprise,
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ಎಳ್ಳಿನ ಚಟ್ನಿ | A winter special chutney recipe which goes well with almost everything like chapati, poori, phulka, paratha, but tastes best with akki rotti (rice flour roti) and also hot steaming rice ! I make it compulsorily during Shankranthi/Sankranti festival to go with sesame seeds/til/yellina akki rotti (rice flour roti). It is very simple
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Made in my own way | ಎಲೆಕೋಸಿನ ಚಟ್ನಿ | ಕೋಸಿನ ಚಟ್ನಿ | Yet another yummy, spicy chutney preparation made using a vegetable, that is cabbage or band gobhi or ele kosu. Today I served this chutney along with ragi/finger millet plain dosay/dosa, for that I had prepared the batter in the same method of ragi masala
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ತುರಿದ ಅನಾನಸ್ ಮತ್ತು ಕಡಲೇಬೇಳೆ ಚಟ್ನಿ | Wow!!!! it’s Pineapple again and one more type of chutney made using this fruit. Actually the basic chutney recipe is the regular kadalebele chutney.   However as soon as I started making kadalebele chutney, I realised that imli/tamarind is out of stock ! but something did strike my mind and immediately my
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ಟೊಮೇಟೊ ಚಟ್ನಿ | ಹಣ್ಣು ಟೊಮೇಟೊ ಚಟ್ನಿ | I learnt this chutney recipe from my mother in law, almost 22 years back ! since then I make this chutney regularly, but never posted on my blog. Actually my mother used to hate tomatoes, so she never used to make any dish using tomato. But I love
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ಪೈನಾಪಲ್ ಚಟ್ನಿ | ಅನಾನಸ್ ಚಟ್ನಿ | Yet another recipe which uses Pineapple ! mouth watering pineapple chutney, which is an excellent addition to many other kinds of chutney recipes on my blog. I can say … I created it on my own, using ingredients & spices, which I felt suitable to go with the taste
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ಕಾಯಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | ಹಸಿ ತೆಂಗಿನಕಾಯಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | Yes you read it right… It is an authentic ( Karnataka )method of making chutney using fresh coconut. Here the word ‘ kaayi ‘ translate to fresh coconut. Basically we use coconut chutney in two ways, ie…as an accompaniment with dosay/rotti coconut/kaayi chutney and one more is used as the
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ಮಾವಿನ ಕಾಯಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | Just made this easy, simple, tongue tickling raw mango chutney. This is made with few simple ingredients like roasted fenugreek seeds, green chilli and salt and tempered with mustard seeds and hing. This raw mango chutney is very quick to make and we can have it along with steaming hot rice
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ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ನೆಲ್ಲಿಕಾಯಿ ಮೊಸರು ಚಟ್ನಿ | Yet another simple, healthy version of chutney ie amla curd chutney or Indian gooseberry curd chutney, which I found in one of my old book. The best part I liked about this bettada nellikayi mosaru chutney or amla chutney is… putting curd chilli (baalakada menasinakayi), it gives this chutney a
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ಮೆಂತ್ಯ ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಚಟ್ನಿ Somehow… today I was not willing to make coconut chutney as an accompaniment with dosay/dosa. Then I decided to make bengal gram/chana dal chutney but then also I wasn’t very willing to do it even, while I was thinking… I had methi in front of me….. suddenly I thought like ..let me
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ಪುದೀನಾ ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ನೆಲ್ಲಿಕಾಯಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | One more type of chutney using Amla the seasonal fruit. This time I paired it with mint leaves and made chutney. I have prepared it in the same procedure which I follow while making pudina/mint chutney. I have just replaced tamarind with lots of Grated gooseberry. The Amla which we
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ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ನೆಲ್ಲಿಕಾಯಿ ಕೊತ್ತಂಬರಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಚಟ್ನಿ Yet another chutney recipe made in the combination of Coriander leaves plus Indian gooseberry. This one is also full of healthy ingredients and tastes yum yum. In this particular type of chutney, no need to roast anything, just gather everything and grind… that’s it.  In this way we could see
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ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ನೆಲ್ಲಿಕಾಯಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | Amla/Indian Gooseberry/bettada nellikayi has many healthy benefits. It provides remedies for many diseases. Amla is very rich in Vitamins & minerals like calcium, Phosphorous, Iron, Carotene, Vitamin B complex etc. Amla is widely used in Ayurvedic treatments. Amla is a super fruit which slows down Ageing, cures sore throat, Increases diuretic
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ಸೀಬೇಕಾಯಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | ಚೇಪೇಕಾಯಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | Now its the season of Guava/amrood/seebekayi… Plenty are available in the market. So thought of sharing the recipe of guava chutney with you all. This is a mildly sweet more spicy chutney which one would like to eat as such. I make this chutney as an accompaniment to go
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ಕರಿಬೇವು ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ದಿಢೀರ್ ಚಟ್ನಿ | ಕರಿಬೇವಿನ ದಿಢೀರ್ ಚಟ್ನಿ | A very healthy chutney with a very few ingredients. No need to say we get lot of health benefits by consuming curry leaves regularly but in moderation. Same is mentioned in Ayurveda as well. We use curry leaves in almost all spicy and salt preparations. Curry
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ಹಾಗಲಕಾಯಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | ಹಾಗಲಕಾಯಿ ತೊಕ್ಕು | During summer  sprouted methi-mango chutney ,  grated raw mango chutney ,  instant mango pickle , are some of the essentials kept in my refrigerator. And Karela/bitter gourd/hagalakayi chutney is also one of them. Also during summer, I keep grated raw mango in my refrigerator and add it into Huli (sambar), Saaru (rasam) instead of tamarind
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ಮೊಳಕೆ ಮೆಂತ್ಯ ಕಾಳು ಮತ್ತು ಮಾವಿನಕಾಯಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | The sprouted fenugreek seeds and raw mango chutney or molake menthya mattu manvinakayi chutney, a yummy preparation which goes very well along with curd rice This is a must during summer season. This includes all the flavours in it, such as sourness from mango, spicy because of chilli,
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ಪುದಿನ ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಚಟ್ನಿ | Fresh Mint leaves from my Kitchen garden…. Immediately I prepared chutney using them. It tastes entirely different … so fresh… very aromatic. This mint chutney can be used as the side dish with Huli (sambar), Saaru (rasam), rotti, poori, chapati etc. It is also eaten with rice by adding few drops
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ಬಾದಾಮಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | ಆಲ್ಮಂಡ್/ಬಾದಾಮ್ ಚಟ್ನಿ | Long back I got to know about this recipe from my friend and I was astonished to see chutney made using only Almonds…..  but I tried it with a twist in it by using small quantity of fresh coconut also. It tastes more or less like coconut chutney and
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ಕೆಂಪು ಕ್ಯಾರಟ್ ಚಟ್ನಿ | ಚಳಿಗಾಲದ ಕ್ಯಾರಟ್ ಚಟ್ನಿ | Earlier I have posted the recipe of one more type of carrot (orange coloured one) chutney on my blog which uses regularly available orange coloured one. But this time I tried making chutney with red coloured carrot, It turned out to be delicious. The sweetness of winter carrot enhanced
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ಕಡಲೇಬೇಳೆ ಚಟ್ನಿ | Today ie on 3/11/2022, I moderated this chutney with a slight variation. To this recipe I just added some 15 to 20 fresh ajwain leaves/Indian borage/doddapatre as we call it in Kannada. You can check the details below at the end of this recipe Split bengal gram is called as ‘Kadale bele’
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ಅಂಜೂರದ ಚಟ್ನಿ | Figs are a nutrient dense fruit that can be used to make jam or add them to ice cream or baked goods. Fresh figs aren’t always available year round, but dried figs are relatively easy to find. Based on traditional use and not on scientific evidence figs provide many health benefits. Figs
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In my opinion without these chutneys chats are incomplete. These sweet and green chutneys enhances the overall taste of the chat. It is very simple to prepare. The very aroma and colour of these chutney itself  attracts us to eat chats.                            
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ಕಾಯಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ …ಇಡ್ಲಿ ದೋಸೆ ಗೆ | This is the fresh coconut chutney prepared to use as an accompaniment with dosa, Idly, rotti (rice), Wada etc. both at homes as well as restaurants, hotels, Darshini etc There is another version of kayi chutney which we make again as an accompaniment only, but is eaten mixed with
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ಕ್ಯಾರಟ್ ಚಟ್ನಿ | It is definitely always pleasure to make and eat chutney prepared using vegetable and vegetable peel. We – the south Indians make chutney using the peel of many kind of vegetables Apart from containing vitamin A, carrot has health benefits including beautiful skin, anti ageing and cancer prevention. Carrot chutney can be
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