Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Banana Chutney

I was reading on some blog that if you give any vegetable to a andhra woman, she will make a chutney out of it. Well i guess that is pretty much true. I remember my mom making chutneys of so many vegetables like bottle gourd, okra, ridge gourd etc. The list is end less. So i kind of miss those chutneys very much as i do not prepare them so often, blame it on my busy lifestyle(Euphemism for my laziness) or my husband's instructions that i should not be spending too much time in the kitchen. Can you believe it!! My husband doesn't want me to cook anything :-( . Well but still i keep trying to impress him(irritate him) by trying various kinds of stuff and hoping that some day he would think that the time i spend in my kitchen is time well spent.
Well coming back to the point of making chutneys, i wanted to try out making this banana chutney the other day. I had my sister in law visiting us who is also a big fan of chutneys(I guess all Andhra people are!!). So i made this Banana chutney and we had it with rice. Here is how i made it.

2 Bananas
pinch of Tamarind Soaked in water
2 Garlic cloves
4 Green Chillies
Salt to taste.
Curds/Yogurt

Boil the Bananas for 20 mins until they become soft. Fry the chillis in oil and grind all the above ingredients into a smooth paste.

For tempering take some oil in a pan. Add some cumin seeds, mustard seeds, urad daal seeds, some dry chillis, one garlic clove and some curry leaves. Once they start crackling add them to the ground paste. This chutney would stay good for three to four days in a fridge. Add some ghee to hot steaming rice and eat it with this yummy banana chutney.

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