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Subscribe in a readerMint Chutney is very versatile. It can be served as a dip with appetizers (example pappad, samosas, kebabs, etc.) or it can be used as a spread in sandwiches - with cucumber or tomatoes and cheese (yummy!) and best of all, it plays a key part in making chaat.
Ingredients:
Mint leaves – ½ cup, packed
Onion – ¼ of a medium
Tomato – ½ of a medium
Ginger – ½” piece
Garlic – 1 clove
Green Chili – 1 or to taste
Lemon Juice – ¼ cup
Salt – ½ tsp (or to taste)
Chat Masala – ½ tsp
Sugar – ½ tsp
Method:
- In a blender, add the following – Onion, Tomato, Ginger, Garlic, Green Chili and Lemon Juice. Grind well.
- Add in the washed Mint leaves, Salt, Chat Masala and Sugar and grind again till the mixture becomes smooth and everything has blended well.
- Pour into serving dish.
- Makes about ½ cup and can be served with pakodas, Puda, chaat….
Tips:
- Be sure to use only the leaves of the Mint – discard the stalks.
- When available, add a little bit of raw green mango to the chutney for additional flavor.
- Store in the refrigerator. Mint Chutney has a shelf life of about 7-10 days.
- Mint Chutney freezes well also and can be kept for the times when Mint is not readily available.
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August 15th, 2007 at 4:02 am
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January 21st, 2008 at 11:20 am
How long can it be stored in fridge?
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January 21st, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Mint Chutney can be stored in the refrigerator for 1-2 weeks and in the freezer - 3 to 5 months
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March 17th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Hi Anuja & Hetal,
Can I use cilantro in prearing the chutney? If so what proportion to the mint?
Thanks in advance.
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March 19th, 2008 at 12:05 am
Hi Jaya,
You can definitely use cilantro with the mint to make chutney. Since cilantro has a milder flavor than mint, you could use double the amount. There is no exact measurement. A little more or less will not affect the flavor greatly.
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April 21st, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Hi Hetal & Anuja,
Can I use cilantro instead of mint with the same recipe?
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April 21st, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Hi Hemisha,
You can use cilantro, but then it won’t be mint chutney. If you do, you will have to use as least double or more of it because it has a milder flavor.
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April 22nd, 2008 at 4:39 am
Thank you so much:-)
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July 6th, 2008 at 8:47 am
The Mint Chutney recipe was delicious. Here in Hawaii there’s not much Indian food and it was just like the one we enjoyed in San Francisco. Show me the curry rocks!
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July 26th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
I tried this and it came out very good. I will make mint sandwiches for my son using this chutney. He loves it. Thanks for the recipe.
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July 27th, 2008 at 6:34 am
i need some help.i think the quantity of lemon has become too much in the mint chutney how do i correct it
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July 31st, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Hi Rani,
Put the chutney back in the blender and add in some more mint or cilantro and blend it well. You may need to adjust the spices a little after that.
Hope that helps.
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September 21st, 2008 at 7:35 am
thank you very much for your sugeestion .i love all your recipes.
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October 25th, 2008 at 4:47 am
Hi Anuja & Hetal,
I’m in love with cooking thanks to the 2 of you.
One Q; how to download your videos on to my ipod??
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January 16th, 2009 at 4:30 am
hi,
I tried mint chutney but there was lot of odour of mint, I had to add coconut to reduce the odour. I tried exactly the same recipe in the beginning but i was not so much happy with taste. I didnt add more tomato may be 1/4 was that the reason.How do i reduce that particular mint odour.
Thanks
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January 16th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
Hi Leena,
If you are not a mint fan, you can make this chutney with coriander leaves (cilantro) and then add just a few mint leaves in it for effect.
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March 22nd, 2009 at 6:58 am
Hi..
Thanks for everything.
i really like mint chutney. i used to spent lot of money’s for mint chutney $5/day.Now i can prepare this chutney.
thanks
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March 30th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Hi Anuja and Hetal. You r doing a wonderful job. I tried a couple of things from ur website and all of them were delicious. Thanks for giving me more confidence in cooking.
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April 9th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Hi Hetal & Anuja,
I love your recipes. They are awesome. But I have a query, I tried to prepare mint chutney at home using both blender and food processor (cuisinart). But it didn’t come out that good…. means the right consistency of chutney. I had used enough water and mint leaves….the amount you suggested.But I don’t know what happened…..I failed.So, which blender should I use? and from where can I buy the blender? I have a coffee blender…..but can’t use water, while grinding in the coffee blender. So plz plz help me. I would like to make mint chutney at home rather than bying it from store. Please help me.
Thanks
Rupa
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hetal Reply:
April 10th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
Hi Rupa,
Food processors are not a good choice for grinding chutneys because they tend to finely chop rather than blend. Blenders also come in many varieties and brands and usually, the more powerful the motor is, the more finely it will grind. If you get a chance, check out our kitchen store. We have a kitchen machine with 3 jars that may be what you’re looking for.
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April 11th, 2009 at 9:03 am
i tried the mint recipe with double the quantity as illustrated, but unfortunately used little lemon juice & no chillies. the taste was not good. pls suggest if i can add the lemon juice to the chutney at a later point.
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anuja Reply:
April 12th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
Hi Nadi,
Yes, you can still add in the lemon juice. It will not spoil the taste.
Chillies are to taste, if you want to add those in now…grind the chutney again with the chillies and additional lemon juice.
This chutney tastes great without chillies as well.
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May 12th, 2009 at 2:07 am
is chat masala necessary? any replacement???
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hetal Reply:
May 13th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Hi Seema,
You can leave out the chat masala, but it is one of those combination masalas like garam masala that has a whole bunch of things in it — all in one shot. You could substitute it with a little black salt and amchoor.
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June 1st, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Hi,
has anyone noticed that grinding or gration the onion turns it bitter? I never had this problem in India. Now whenever i try to use grated or ground onion in curry or it chuney it turns bitter and ruins the taste of the curry/ chutney. Any solution? i have tried red as well as yellow onions.
thanks
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reddy Reply:
June 26th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
I noticed the bitterness after moving to US when the onion is grinded. After doing the research on the internet, observed that microwaving the onions for few minutes before grinding helps.
Another option is to chop , saute them in the pain with little onion before grinding will help.
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