Sweet and Spicy Chutney

                         

Let me start with how I thought of this chutney in the first place. My colleague N who hails from Andhra Pradesh, brought to office one day, a ginger chutney that was out of this world. Promptly I asked for the recipe and she just replied saying grind ginger, chilly and jaggery together. That inspired me to add jaggery to the next chutney I made and it so happened that we had Rava Idli's for breakfast yesterday. So it was the ideal time to try this chutney. I'll let you in on what all I used for this.

Ingredients:

• Shallots - 15
• Tomato - 1
• Green Chilly - 2
• Red Chilly - 2
• Curry Leaves - 1 sprig
• Corriander Leaves - 1/4 bunch (2-3 stalks)
• Tamarind - i inch piece
• Garlic - 10 cloves
• Ginger - 2 inch piece
• Jaggery - the size of a tennis ball
• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Salt to taste

Method

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  Heat oil in a pan.
• Add shallots, curry leaves, green and red chillies, ginger and garlic and fry well.
• Add tomato, salt and cook covered till the tomatoes are mushy.
• Add curry leaves and corriander leaves and cook for another 5 minutes.
• Cool, grind with tamarind and jaggery.
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  Add more salt if requred and serve.