Rajasthan

Rajasthani lehsun ki chutney

Name: Rajasthani lehsun ki chutney
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: Rajasthani
Ingredients: 3 large pods peeled garlic; 15 soaked dried red chilli; 1 tbsp for colour kashmiri chilli powder; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 3 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); a pinch asafoetida; 3 tbsp water; Salt, to taste

Garlic and red chilli ground wet and fried in oil. A spoon of this turns plain roti into a meal.

30 minTime

1 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayWet ground garlic and chilli fried in oil, as Marwari homes keep it.

The original

63kcal

1 gprotein

1 gfibre

30minutes

Lehsun ki chutney as served with dal baati.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Garlic3 large pods, peeled

Dried red chilli15, soaked

Kashmiri chilli powder1 tbsp for colour

Cumin seeds1 tsp

Lemon juice1 tbsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)3 tbsp

Asafoetidaa pinch

Water3 tbsp

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Soak the dried chillies in hot water for 15 minutes and drain.
2Grind garlic, chillies, chilli powder, half the cumin and salt with a little water to a thick paste.
3Heat oil, add the rest of the cumin and asafoetida, then the paste. Cook on low, stirring, for 6 to 8 minutes.
4Turn off the heat, stir in lemon juice, cool and bottle.

Serve it like this

Serve a small spoon on the side of the plate with a drizzle of the red oil.

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Rajasthani lehsun ki chutney

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Ingredients

Method

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