39 Chutney recipes varieties | Indian chutney recipe collection

Chutneys are an integral part of indian food .You will find a variety of them from North to South & east to west.They are used as a sidedish with snacks like samosa ,breadroll ,idli dosa ,pakoras ,and an integral part of sandwiches & chats.Today I am presenting a collection of various chutney recipes from WWW.chatpatkhana.com

The word "chutney" is derived from the Hindi word chatṭnī, meaning to lick. It is written differently in several North Indian and South Indian languages (Gujarati: ચટણી, Bengali: চাটনী, Marathi: चटणी, Punjabi: ਚਟਣੀ, Tamil: சட்டினி chaṭṭiṉi, காரத் துவையல் karathuvaiyal, Kannada: ಚಟ್ನಿ, Hindi: चटनी, Urdu: چٹنی‎, Sindhi: چٽڻي, Malayalam: ചട്ടിണി, chattin̩i, ചമ്മന്തി, Telugu: పచ్చడి). Pacchadi, as written in Telugu script here, refers specifically to pickled fruits, whilst chutney refers to minced foods, usually made out of coconuts.

Chutneys can be made from almost any combination of vegetables, fruits, herbs and spices. Chutneys are usually grouped into sweet or hot forms; both forms usually contain spices, including chili, but differ by their main flavours.

Vinegar, citrus, tamarind, or lemon juice may be added as natural preservatives, or fermentation in the presence of salt may be used to create acid.Chutneys may be ground with a mortar and pestle or an ammikkal (Tamil). Spices are added and ground, usually in a particular order; the wet paste thus made is sautéed in vegetable oil, usually gingelly (sesame) or groundnut (peanut) oil. Electric blenders or food processors can be used as labor-saving alternatives to stone grinding.

Spices commonly used in chutneys include fenugreek, coriander, cumin and asafoetida (hing). Other prominent ingredients and combinations include cilantro, capsicum, mint (coriander and mint chutneys are often called hari chutney, where hari is Hindi for "green"), Tamarind or Imli (often called meethi chutney, as meethi in Hindi means "sweet"), Sooth (or saunth, made with dates and ginger), Coconut, Onion, Prune, Tomato, Red chili, Green chili, mango Lime(made from whole, unripe limes), garlic, coconut, peanut, Dahi, Green tomato, Dhaniya pudina (cilantro and mint), Peanut (shengdana chutney in Marathi), Ginger, Yogurt, red chili powder, Tomato onion chutney, Cilantro mint coconut chutney and apricot.