Garlic-Ginger Chutney

Ingredients
Garlic- 12 to 15 cloves
Ginger- 3" piece
Red Chillies-6 (adjust to your taste)
Small piece of Tamarind
Salt
Gingelly oil -3 to 4 tablespoons

For tempering
Mustard seeds,urad dhal and curry leaves.


Method
Peel the skin of the garlic cloves and chop them roughly.
Remove the skin of ginger and chop it into small pieces.
Heat oil in a pan, and fry the red chillies, garlic and ginger one by one. keep the flame low, fry the items without burning or making it too crisp.

Grind them along with tamarind and enough salt. Add water and the excess oil while grinding.
Make the tempering with mustard seeds - urad dhal and a few curry leaves. Spicy and healthy chutney is ready to serve with hot idly/dosa.

Note
Try to use gingelly oil as it gives a nice aroma to the roasted ingredients, and be generous with the oil!;)

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