Khatta mitha chutney / meetha chutney

Meetha chutney is almost needed in all chaat recipes to let to manage spices subside and give tangy taste to the recipes. chaat is incomplete without meetha chutney / khatta mitha chutney and green chutney which play a key role in elevating the the taste of the chaat. 

This sweet and sour chutney can be used as a condiment to enhance the flavour of the dish or dip for almost all indian snacks. It is most popular in mumbai road side shop. It can be drizzled over the chat items like - dahi vada, sev poori, bhel poori, samosas, idly chaat.....

Now let's we start how to make it and you try it at home and comment me how it's come out....

Preparation Time : 5 mins

Cooking Time : 10 mins

Serve - 3 to 4

Recipe category - Topping for chaat items

Recipe Source - Venkatesh Bhat - Vijay Tv

INGREDIENTS :

Grated jaggery - 3 tbspn 

Roasted cumin powder - 1/4 tspn

Cumin seeds - 1/4 tspn

Mustard - 1/4 tspn

Asafotida - 1 a pinch

Tamarind extract - 5 tbspn

Oil - 1 tbspn

METHOD :

• In a pan add oil, mustard, allow to sizzle..
• Add in cumin seeds, tamarind water, asafoetida, cumin powder, grated jaggery, and mix well.
• Bring to boil for 5 mins, when the jaggery melted and the chutney should became thick consistency.
• When oil floats on the top, then off the stove and the khatta mitha chutney / meetha chutney is ready to topping.

PICTORIAL :

Take your ingredients for chutney

Heat a pan with oil

Add in mustard

 Allow to sizzle

 Add in cumin seeds

Add in Tamarind water

Give it a mix 

Add in salt

 Add in asafoetida

 Add in roasted cumin powder

Mix well

 Add in jaggery

 Mix well

 Allow to boil

 Keep in simmer till the gravy became thick

 Now it's done

 Transfer them to a bowl

Use in all your chaat items

I use in my dahi vada recipe

Yumm..