Healthy Food Recipes - Amla / Indian Gooseberry Chutney (Nellikai Thogayal)!
Posted on: 27/Apr/2015 12:45:19 PM
Ingredients:
- Amla / Nellikai – 3 nos
- Onion – 1 no
- Tomato – 1 no
- Red Chilli – 2 nos
- Urad dal – 1 tbsp.
- Channa dal – 1 tbsp.
- Toor dal – 1 tbsp.
- Curry leaves – a few
- Cooking oil – 2 tbsp.
- Salt – to taste
- Asafoetida – a pinch
- Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp.
Method to Prepare:
- Chop amla, onion, and tomato and keep aside.
- Heat pan with a spoon of oil and add Urad dal, Toor dal, Channa dal and sauté well until dal turns light brown and then add red chilli and keep aside.
- Again heat the same pan with 1 spoon of oil and add chopped onion and curry leaves. Sauté well until onion turns caramel brown and then add chopped tomato and amla. Sauté well for about 2 minutes and then switch off the flame.
- Keep it aside and allow it to cool for some time.
- First grind all the roasted dal and red chilli in a mixer. Then add the sautéed mixture of onion, amla and tomato, add salt to taste and grind it to a coarse paste.
- Transfer it to a bowl. Heat a pan with a spoon of oil and add mustard seeds and a pinch of asafoetida for tempering. Once it splutter add it on top of the chutney and mix well.
- Serve delicious and healthy Amla Chutney with rice.
Tips:
- It is better to avoid adding water while grinding the chutney in the mixer. If at all needed, you can add only a little bit quantity of water, else the dish will be bitter in taste.
- You can store the chutney in an air tight container and use it for about 2 to 3 days.
- You can also add a piece of coconut in this chutney, but you have to finish it off on the day of preparation itself.
- This amla chutney is an apt side dish for any type of variety rice and (sambar, rasam and curd rice).
Benefits of Amla:
- Amla is otherwise termed as ‘Indian gooseberry’ and hold plenty of nutrients.
- Amla is rich in fibre and a good source of vitamin c.
- Amla augments the count of white blood cells.
- Amla is rich source of antioxidants and thus helps to improve body immunity.
- Amla is high in iron, and thus enhance the level haemoglobin in the body.
- Amla improves appetite and helps in proper digestion.
- Amla aids preventing you from ageing and takes care of eye vision.
- Amla aids in maintaining healthy bone and hair.
- Amla shrinks bad cholesterol and fasten your weight loss plan.
- Amla helps in maintaining the poised blood sugar level and protects you from heart diseases.
- Incorporating amla in our daily food, definitely improves entire body health.
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Mrs. Lavanya Sampath
