Green chutney

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Prepare
less than 30 mins
Cook
no cooking required
Serve
Makes 200ml/7fl oz

This goes well with all tandoori dishes and most North Indian snacks. It keeps well in the fridge for 4-5 days. You can add yoghurt and a pinch of sugar for a green chutney as you'd find in restaurants, or add desiccated coconut for a Southern flavour.

Ingredients

  • fresh coriander: 80g/2¾oz fresh coriander leaves and stalks, washed
  • mint: 20g/¾oz fresh mint leaves, washed
  • garlic: 1 garlic clove, peeled and roughly chopped
  • ginger: 2.5cm/1in piece fresh ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
  • onion: ½ small onion, chopped
  • seeds: 1-2 green chillies, or to taste, seeds removed, chopped
  • pistachio: 15 raw pistachio nuts, shells removed, chopped
  • lemon juice: 2 tbsp lemon juice, or to taste
  • salt: salt, to taste
  • 3 tbsp water

Method

  1. Place all the ingredients into a food processor and blend until smooth.

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