Indian Chutney Recipes

Chutney Recipes are a boon when you are wondering what to serve as a side dish. Chutneys add color and great taste to your meal.

You can use chutney as accompaniment for all the meals, breakfast, lunch or dinner and snacks. Just choose the right chutney to serve with the right item.

There are dry chutney powders and then there are the chutney pastes. Dry chutneys are made with lentils such as Bengal gram (split chickpea) , urad bean (white lentil), roasted Bengal gram. With peanuts, dry - desiccated coconut, sesame seeds, flax seeds.

Dry chutney powders are served with plain steamed rice, rotis or with some snacks such as idli, dosa. They are also mixed with oil, ghee or plain yogurt as you like. You can make them when you have time and use them for months.

Fresh or dried herbs are added to make the chutneys more nutritious and healthy. Fresh coriander leaves or dry coriander seeds, mint, ginger etc are added.

Chutney pastes are made with similar ingredients as dry chutneys plus fresh herbs, fresh spices are added along with water or other liquid.