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Mooli Radish chutney recipe

Nayana
A winter special mooli radish chutney recipe. Winter is the right season to make mooli chutney as radish/mooli is available in plenty.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Course Chutney, Side Dish
Cuisine Indian

Ingredients
  

Ingredients for Mooli -  radish chutney

  • 1 cup Radish/mooli chopped
  • 1 Tomato large chopped
  • ½ tsp Salt - 1/2 tsp or according to taste
  • 4-5 Dry red chilies according to taste
  • 1 tbsp Roasted peanuts - 1 tbsp
  • 2-3 tsp Oil
  • 1 tbsp jaggery, more or less according to taste

Optional ingredients - I added today

  • ¼ cup Onion chopped
  • 4-5 Garlic cloves
  • 1 tsp tamarind juice or as per taste less if you wish

Ingredients for tempering

  • 1 tbsp Oil
  • ½ tsp Mustard seeds
  • ½ tsp Cumin seeds
  • ¼ tsp Hing
  • 8-9 Curry leaves

Instructions
 

Step by step instructions for making mooli - radish chutney

  • Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan. Add onion and garlic(if using) and fry for 2-3 minutes.
  • Add chopped radish, red chilies and fry for 3-4 minutes, stirring in between.
  • Add chopped tomatoes. Mix and cover the pan with a lid.
  • Cook for 4-5 minutes. By this time radish / mooli is almost cooked and the tomatoes will lose their shape.
  • Take the pan off from the stove. Cool to room temperature.
  • Add salt, peanuts, jaggery.
  • Add some tamarind juice if you like extra sourness, otherwise the tomato sourness is enough.
  • Grind in a blender to a paste. Consistency may be according to you choice, rough or smooth.

Tempering for chutney

  • Heat 1 tbsp oil.
  • Add mustard and cumin seeds. Add hing.
  • Let the seeds splutter. add curry leaves.
  • Add this tempering to the chutney and mix well.

Tips and variations

  • You may or may not use onion and garlic. Chutney tastes good even without onion/garlic.
  • you may use some roasted sesame seeds along with roasted peanuts.
  • You may also use some dried, roasted coconut/ kopra.
  • Keep chutney in the fridge and it will last for more than a week.
  • you may use fresh green chilies instead of dry red chilies. the chutney color will change accordingly.

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Keyword Chutney, dip, sidedish, Winter