Roasting ingredients and making horse gram chutney powder

• We roast the ingredients one by one and keep them on a plate to cool.
• Heat a pan on medium heat. Add horse gram and dry roast till it changes color, about 2-3 minutes. But do not let it turn black. Remove onto a plate to cool.
• Dry roast urad dal till it turns pinkish. Remove on to the plate.
• Roast red chilies with 1/2 tsp oil.
• Roast grated copra
• Dry roast curry leaves till they are crisp.
• When all the ingredients are cool, grind together to a fine powder. You may also grind it a bit coarse if you prefer.
• Horsegram / kulith chutney is ready. Store in air tight bottle. It has a shelf life of more than a month.

Various uses for horsegram / kulith chutney powder

• Once chutney powder is ready, you can use it in many variations to make your meal nutritious and healthy.

Serving suggestions

• You can serve this chutney podi with plain rice, chapatti, paratha, dosa, idli, uttapam poori etc.
• Sprinkle some chutney pudi on hot plain rice along with a little ghee and salt(optional).

Horse gram chutney paste for serving with dosa, uttappam

• Mix 2 tbsp chutney powder
• with 1/2 cup freshly grated coconut,
• a little salt and
• 2-3 tbsp water.
• Grind all the ingredients to make into a chutney paste and serve with idli, dosa etc.
• You may add tadka / tempering with oil, mustard / cumin seeds, hing to this chutney paste.

Horse gram raita recipe with yogurt/curd

Ingredients for Horsegram raita with curd

• 1 cup fresh yogurt,
• 2 tbsp horse grain chutney powder,
• 1/2 tsp sugar( or according to taste)
• 1 tbsp finely chopped onion
• 1 tbsp finely chopped tomatoes
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 finely chopped green chili (optional)

Instructions for Horsegram raita with curd

• Mix all the ingredients together. Add water if necessary to adjust consistency to your liking.
• You may add tadka / tempering with oil, mustard / cumin seeds, hing to this raita.

Horsegram raita with tamarind juice

Ingredients Horsegram raita with tamarind

• small lime size ball of tamarind,
• 2 tbsp horse grain chutney powder,
• 1/2 tsp Jaggery( or according to taste)
• 1 tbsp finely chopped onion(optional)
• 1 tbsp finely chopped tomatoes (optional)
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 finely chopped green chili (optional)

Instructions for Horsegram raita with tamarind juice

• Soak tamarind in warm water for 10 minutes.
• Extract juice by squeezing tamarind pulp. We need about 1/2 cup extract.
• Mix all the ingredients with the extracted tamarind water.
• Temper with mustard seeds, hing, curry leaves
• Serve with rice.

Tips for variation:

• You may add 1 or 2 tbsp chana dal or toor dal to the mix.
• Roast the dal. Add 1/2 tsp cumin seeds, 1 tsp coriander seeds after roasting them separately.
• Hope you will find this horse gram chutney powder recipe useful.