RED GARLIC CHUTNEY

There are two methods to do the red garlic chutney.
Sorry my red chillies were not that red.


RED GARLIC CHUTNEY

Ingredients:

20 pips of garlic
12 dry red chillies or as per taste
1 tsp tamarind paste
Little jaggery
¼ tsp urad dal
1 sprig curry leaves
½ tsp mustard seeds
1 tbs and 1 tsp gingelly oil
Salt to taste

Method:
Heat the tsp of gingelly oil.
Now add in the garlic pips and roast nicely. Remove.
Now add in the red chillies and roast. Remove.
Let it cool then , grind the red chillie first.
Add a little boiled water if needed.
Then add the roasted garlic, tamarind paste, jaggery and salt.
Grind to a smooth paste.
Now heat the 1 tbs of the gingelly oil.
Add the urad dal, followed by the mustard seeds
Then the curry leaves.
Now add the chutney paste, stir for a minute and remove.
Serve with dosa or iddli.

Another method is,

2o pips of garlic
15 dry red chillies
1 tsp tamarind paste
little jaggery
salt to taste
2 tbs of oil

Method:
soak the dry chillies for 1/2 an hour.
Squeeze the water, then grind everything except the oil.
Then in a pan fry the paste till all the moisture evaporates.
Then add in the oil, mix nicely. Remove and serve.