Chutneys An unforgettable culinary delights from every region of India


Chutneys    An unforgettable culinary delights from every region of India

An accompaniment along with a starchy dish whether it is rice, wheat, millets or roots like tapioca, sweet potato and yams.
It can be of a varied consistency or texture like paste, coarse paste, powder, coarse powder, smooth jam or coarse jam. It can be used with oils or not.
Ingredients can be lentils, spices, vegetables, onions, tomato, and tamarind .Each crafted from what is locally available and in season.
Some can be preserved for long; some has to be kept in refrigerator and has to be used In a week, and some to be used immediately.
This dish is commonly prepared and used all over India with lots of variations as the imagination of the creative minds who make it.
Here today introducing an unusual one almost resembles the coconut chutney used for Dosas and Idlis .This Chutney is used by vegetarians  and  vegans as an accompaniment  to Kerala Palappam .The credit of the recipe goes to Mrs.Suma Shivadas  a lady full of experiences and lot of energy   who have passionately compiled the traditional recipes of Kerala  in almost a dozen of  cook books  but  I wish to call it as  life guides as she shares some of her wonderful life experiences as  a back drop of each recipe .

Chutney for Appam
Ingredients
To grind together
1 Cup Coconut grated
1 tsp Chilli powder
2 Shallots
1tsp Coriander seeds
1/8 tsp fennel
Salt to taste
Grind together all the above
For Garnish
1 tbsp Coconut Oil
6 shallots sliced
1 tsp salt
2 sprig curry leaves
2 Red Chilly
Method
Add the ground paste into a pan with enough water and when starts to boil close the fire and add garnish fried in oil.







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