Thursday, November 5, 2009

Carrot & Zucchini Chutney

Chutney mania continues!! yea if i prepare idli batter at home, its quite an obligation for me to prepare different side dish else its will be quite hard to satisfy my H's tastebuds..Hope u guys can imagine that i really need to break my head to make out delicious, spicy as well as prefect side dish to serve along with hot steaming idlies or crispy dosas..Each and every time i have to break my head to make out chutneys with different combinations of veggies or either with coconut and roasted split channadal (pottukadalai).Sometimes i used to add many veggies together to try out some healthy chutneys or else i used to add ginger chunks, coriander leaves, mint leaves or tomato chunks with grated coconut and split channadal to change the routine chutneys, one among those my creation is this carrot and zucchini chutney.I just combined together both finely chopped carrots chunks and zucchini chunks with dry red chillies, blueberry size tamarind, ginger chunks with some urad dal and temperd with mustard seeds and curry leaves.My H relished this chutney and i really want to share with u all..



2nos Carrots (chopped)
1no Zucchini(chopped)
4nos Dry red chillies (can decrease or increase)
1nos Tamarind (blueberry size)
1tbsp Ginger(chopped)
1tbsp Urad dal
1/2tsp Mustard seeds+urad dal
5nos Curry leaves
Salt
Oil

Heat few drops of oil and fry the ginger chunks & red chillies together until they turns brown, keep aside..in the same pan, add the finely chopped carrot pieces and saute for few minutes until the carrot pieces gets half cooked, add the zucchini chunks to the cooking carrots and saute again for few minutes in simmer, u can add few drops of oil if needed..keep aside..heat few more drops of oil in the same pan and add the urad dal, fry until they turns golden brown, add the tamarind piece along with the roasted urad dal, give a stir and put off the stove..Take the cooked carrot and zucchini pieces along with fried ginger, red chillies, urad dal and tamarind in a mixie jar, add enough salt , water and grind as bit coarse paste..

Heat again few drops of oil and let splutters the mustard seeds & urad dal, add the curry leaves to the hot oil finally add the grounded paste and cook for few minutes..

Serve hot with hot steaming idlies, dosas or rotis..

31 comments:

Finla said... Reply To This Comment

I do wish i was living closer to eat all this elicous food you whipp up in your kitchen.
Beautiful colour chutney have.

Sushma Mallya said... Reply To This Comment

Thats a new chutney,so innovative,very nice as well

Nandinis food said... Reply To This Comment

Carrot & Zucchini make a nice & lovely couple! I love the idea of using this 'couple' in chutney! Yum!

Raks said... Reply To This Comment

Ya absolutely true,if we grind and keep for idly we need not break what breakfast but for what side?? this one sounds and looks good..:)

Jeyashris Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

nice combo.havent tried zuchinni chutney.nice colur.healthy too

Suparna said... Reply To This Comment

Hey priya,
Unthinkable combo for a chutney!! superb....go on sweetie ..we are always there to t&t ur recipes ;)
TC

Menaga Sathia said... Reply To This Comment

கேரட்டுடன் சுக்கினி சேர்த்திருப்பது புதுசா இருக்கு.நிச்சயம் சுவையாக இருக்கும் என்பதில் சந்தேகமில்லை..

Home Cooked Oriya Food said... Reply To This Comment

Looks so yum! And innovative too...

kamalabhoopathy said... Reply To This Comment

Sounds new and interesting.

Preeti Kashyap said... Reply To This Comment

new to me again....shd try! looks yummmm!

Sunitha said... Reply To This Comment

Yummy! Makes me want to dig inot that wholesome chutney goodness. Thanks for sharing.

PriyaRaj said... Reply To This Comment

Cool Chutney ,diff combo .....romba nalla eruku Priya..

PriyaRaj said... Reply To This Comment

Cool Chutney ,diff combo .....romba nalla eruku Priya..

Sarah Naveen said... Reply To This Comment

Another wonderful chutney..
Looks delicious!!!

Vrinda said... Reply To This Comment

New combo and new chutney to me...thanx for sharing such a yummy and healthy chutney...

SE said... Reply To This Comment

this is a new combo for me..looks delicious..

Tina said... Reply To This Comment

Great combination...its completely a new recipe.....

Cilantro said... Reply To This Comment

Spicy healthy chutney...looks like you use a lot of carrots in your cooking which I seldom use. I prefer having them raw or in salads.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Lovely chutney, i do carrot and zucchini but never tried combining these two. Will do next time surely.

Vikis Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Very creative chutney. Good idea dear.

Deepthi Shankar said... Reply To This Comment

its a beautiful color & nice chutney

Cham said... Reply To This Comment

I make only with zucchini adding carrot is a great idea.

Dhanya Ganesh said... Reply To This Comment

Chutney looks healthy and interesting recipe:).

Abhilash Pillai said... Reply To This Comment

A new and creative chutney.

I hope you are able to satisfy the taste buds of all your family members. :)

Parita said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious and interesting combo!

RV @ Food for 7 Stages said... Reply To This Comment

Supperr Priya... i can never think of such lovely combinations..

Preety said... Reply To This Comment

that's a nice combination to make a chutney

Padma said... Reply To This Comment

Nice way of using both in one chutney... love that color and also sounds delicious :)

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Wonderful combo and looks yummy and healthy chutney.

Shanthi Krishnakumar said... Reply To This Comment

Interesting and delicious

Valarmathi Sanjeev said... Reply To This Comment

Nice combo, looks yummy.