Chaat Chutney

Green and Sweet Chutney can be added to chat snacks like Ragda Patties (Please see the Ragda Patties Recipe and Aloo Chaat Recipe), Sev puri, Bhel puri, Chana bhel..etc. These chutneys make chats more chatpata. You can easily prepare these chutneys at home. Sweet chutney is also called as 'Imli Chutney' in Hindi.

GREEN CHUTNEY

Ingredients:

- Mint leaves

- Coriander leaves

- Medium size Tomato

- 1-2 Green chilies

- Piece of Ginger

- 1/2 tsp. Cumin seeds (Jeera)

- Salt as per taste

Instructions:

Rinse the bunch of mint and coriander leaves well in the water and chop them. Then put the chopped coriander and mint leaves in the grinder(mixer). Make small pieces of tomato. Remove all the seeds of tomato and put it in the grinder. Then Add 1-2 green chilies (if you like more spicy you can add more chilies), a piece of ginger, 1/2 tsp cumin seeds and salt as per taste. Add some water and grind it till it becomes a thick paste. Your Green chutney is now ready to serve. 

Tip: You can also add Chat masala instead of Tomato.

Chaat Chutney

SWEET CHUTNEY

Ingredients:

                    

- 150 gms. Tamarind

- 150 gms. Jaggery

- 1 tsp. Sugar

- 1/2 tsp. Cumin powder

- 1/2 tsp. Garam Masala

- 1/2 tsp. Asafoetida(Hing)

- 1/2 tsp. Chaat Masala

- 1/2 tsp. Kashmiri Red Chili powder

- Salt as per taste

Instructions:

Soak tamarind in a bowl with water for about 2 hours, then mash it nicely and filter the tamarind pulp. Now add crushed jaggery to the tamarind pulp. Mix it nicely and put the mixture on gas flame. 

Let it cook for some time. When you see jaggery mixed well, add 1 tsp. sugar, 1/2 tsp. Asafoetida, 1/2 tsp. kashmiri red chili powder, 1/2 tsp. cumin powder, 1/2 tsp. garam masala, 1/2 tsp. chat masala, and salt as per taste. Cook this on medium flame. That's it, your Sweet chutney is ready.

Tip: You can also soak Dates(Khajoor) with Tamarind in sweet chutney.