ALLAM PACHADI RECIPE | GINGER CHUTNEY | SHUNTI CHUTNEY
Allam pachadi is a Andhra style ginger chutneywhich has a sweet, spicy and sour taste and accompanies idli, dosa or steamed rice very well.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup Ginger, sliced
- 1.5 tsp Urad Dal / split black gram
- 1 tbsp Channa Dal / bengal gram
- 1/4 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1/4 tsp Methi /Fenugreek Seeds
- 4-7 nos Red Chilli, can +/- based on your spice level
- few Curry Leaves
- lime size Tamarind, soaked in water
- amla / goosberry size Jaggerry, can +/- based on your preferance
- Salt to taste
- 1-2 tsp Sesame oil / any oil
To temper
- 1-2 tsp Sesame oil / any oil
- 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
- pinch of Hing
- few Curry Leaves
Instructions
- Soak tamarind in 1/4 cup of water for few minutes to make it softer.
- Clean the ginger, peel the skin and slice thin .
- in a Kadai , add 1-2 tsp oil. Once hot, add urad dal, channa dal, mustard seeds, methi seeds, red chilli and few curry leaves. Saute nicely on medium flame until aromatic and lightly brown.
- Once dal changes colour, add thinly sliced ginger. Saute 3-4 mins. Let the ginger slices get slightly golden. Switch off and allow to cool.
- Transfer the sauteed cooled ingredients to a mixer grinder. Add soaked tamarind, jaggery and salt. Add little water and grind smooth.
- The taste of this chutney will be spicy , little tangy and little sweetish .. taste test and adjust accordingly .
- Lastly, add tadka . In a small Kadai. Heat oil and splutter mustard. Add hing and curry leaves. Pour the tempering unto the chutney. Mix well.
- Tasty and delicious Allam pachadi / Ginger Chutney is ready. Tastes awesome with Pesarattu / Idli / Dosa / hot rice +ghee etc
