Ayurveda identifies SIX tastes as sweet, sour, salty, bitter, spicy and tart and this is meant to be a part of every meal for the meal to be complete at all levels. There’s a whole lotta information on this. While most of the cooking in India does have one to three of the combinations, it isn’t often that all the six tastes are included in every single recipe. The healthy lemon chutney that I am about to share does just that. This is once again a YouTube recipe review that I was lucky to try out.
More than using chutney as a side dish for Idlis and Dose’s , I am always on the lookout for chutneys to mix in hot rice and have something fried to go with it. This lemon Chutney is one of them. Each flavor just explodes into the mouth – the sweet from the jaggery, the sour and tart from the lemons, the bitter from the lemon skin, the spice from the red chillies and the salt from well…the salt!.
Here are the steps
1. Chop one lemon, with the seeds removed. Add a bit of turmeric and oil and mix it well. (I used regular oil though the recipe calls for coconut oil)
2. Dry roast cumin seeds and mustard seeds. Add the lemon mix, and these roasted items to the mixer jar.
3.Add fresh grated coconut, salt to taste, red chillies (depending on how spicy you want it, I added about 4)
4. Add Jaggery. Grind to a paste with water. Make sure it isn’t too fine. A coarse paste does bring out the flavors more. 5.Transfer to a bowl and pour over a seasoning of mustard, chilies and curry leaves. Seasoning can be anything you wish.
PS: I do add a pinch of asafetida(hing) to the mix sometimes. That’s it. Simple and effortless. Why am I raving about it so much? This is super easy to prepare and goes well with just about anything – I like it best with rice, but I also recently love it as a dip for fryums and chaklis:)
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWYD7NSaFtU Try it for a different flavor to your meal today or even use it as a dip! Overall rating: 4.5/5. PS: Use only one chopped lemon else it can get very bitter.
Ratings for reviews:
1 – No! No! No!
2- Just about average.
3 –Good. Can give it a try.
4- Great!!
5 – Yes! Yes! Yes! And I’ll tell all about it.
