Metkoot ( Traditional maharashtrian recipe )

Metkoot is a traditional Maharashtrian spice powder. This tasty, healthy and aromatic powder goes well with hot rice, a little salt and desi ghee. You can also mix metkoot with yogurt to make a side dish for your meal. Do try this healthy homemade recipe!

Ingredients

• Split Bengal gram (chana dal): 1/2 cup
• Split black gram (urad dal): 1/4 cup
• Red lentils (masoor dal): 2 tsp
• Split green gram (moong dal): 1 tbsp
• Rice: 1 tbsp
• Coriander seeds: 1 tbsp
• Hing (asafoetida) powder: 1/2 tsp
• Cloves (lavang): 3–4
• Cinnamon powder: 1/2 tsp
• Red chilli powder: 1/2 tsp
• Dry ginger (sunth) powder: 1/2 tsp

Method

1. Dry roast each ingredient separately until light brown, except the hing, cinnamon powder, red chilli powder and sunth.
2. Let all the roasted ingredients cool.
3. Mix everything together, including the hing, cinnamon, chilli and sunth powders, and grind to a fine powder in a mixer grinder.

The heavenly, aromatic metkoot powder is ready to eat. Enjoy metkoot with hot rice!

Fresh green garlic chutney

Fresh green garlic is easy to find in winter. Try this tasty chutney!

Ingredients

• Green garlic, washed and chopped: 1 cup
• Freshly grated coconut: 3/4 cup
• Chopped coriander: 1/2 cup
• Curry leaves: 7–8
• Green chillies: 1 or 2, or to taste
• Salt: 1 tsp, or to taste
• Sugar: 1/4 tsp
• Cumin seeds: 1/2 tsp
• Lemon juice: 2 tsp

Method

1. Grind all the ingredients coarsely in a mixer jar.
2. Transfer the chutney to a bowl.

Enjoy this tasty chutney with phulka, bhakri or even idli.

Ridge gourd ( shiralyachyia salanchi) skin chutney

Don't throw away ridge gourd peels! They make a tasty, traditional chutney (shiralyachya salanchi chutney).

Ingredients

• Ridge gourd skin, washed, chopped and dried: 1 cup
• Roasted peanut powder: 1 tsp
• Roasted sesame seeds (til): 1 tbsp
• Curry leaves: 7–8
• Fresh coconut: 1/4 cup
• Green chillies: 1 or 2, or to taste
• Salt: 1 tsp, or to taste
• Sugar: 1/4 tsp
• Oil: 1 tsp
• Cumin seeds: 1/2 tsp
• Hing (asafoetida): 1/4 tsp
• Turmeric powder: 1/4 tsp

Method

1. Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed pan.
2. When the oil is hot, add the cumin seeds, then the hing and turmeric powder.
3. Add the curry leaves, green chillies and ridge gourd skin. Stir well for 5 minutes.
4. Add the peanut powder and sesame seeds.
5. Add the salt, sugar and fresh coconut, and mix well.
6. Grind coarsely in a mixer jar.

Enjoy this tasty chutney with phulka or bhakri!

Lasun Chutney

A tasty, mouth-watering lasun (garlic) chutney! It is easy to make and needs very few ingredients.

Ingredients

• Dry coconut slices: 1 cup
• Garlic cloves: 7–8
• Salt: 3/4 tsp, or to taste
• Kashmiri red chilli powder: 2 tsp

Method

1. Put the garlic and salt in a mixer jar and grind finely.
2. Add the coconut slices and red chilli powder and grind coarsely.
3. Mix well and store in a clean, dry jar. The chutney stays good for 15–20 days.

Enjoy it with bhakri or phulka.

Curry leaves( kadhi patta ) tasty chatney

A tasty dry chutney made with crispy curry leaves (kadhi patta), peanuts and sesame.

Ingredients

• Curry leaves, washed and dried: 2 cups
• Roasted peanuts: 1 cup
• Roasted sesame seeds (til): 2 tbsp
• Dried red chillies: 4–5, or to taste
• Dry tamarind (chinch): 2 inches (2–3 pieces)
• Sugar: 1/2 tsp
• Salt: 1 tsp, or to taste
• Oil: 1 tsp

Method

1. Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed vessel or kadhai.
2. When the oil is hot, add the curry leaves.
3. Roast the curry leaves until crispy, keeping their green colour. Let them cool completely.
4. Add the roasted peanuts and sesame seeds.
5. Add the red chillies, dry tamarind, sugar and salt.
6. Grind coarsely in a mixer.

Enjoy this tasty chutney with phulka or bhakri! You can also eat it with idli by mixing in some yogurt.