{"id":121,"date":"2010-01-03T04:02:33","date_gmt":"2010-01-03T09:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/?p=121"},"modified":"2014-08-26T17:55:46","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T17:55:46","slug":"chutney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/chutney\/","title":{"rendered":"Chutney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chutney is actually a Hinglish word for <strong>\u091a\u091f\u0928\u0940<\/strong>. Basically Chutney is a term used to describe a side dish that\u00a0accompanies a main dish. The side dish is usually in a wet, liquidy, or thick saucy form,\u00a0but sometimes dry spices are used as well. Chutney is usually either sweet or spicy. Long ago Chutney was made by grounding\u00a0the spices\u00a0with a grinding stone or a wooden mortar and pestle. Today people just use a blender.\u00a0Some regions of India are known for specific varieties of Chutney. Let&#8217;s take a look at some of the different varieties of Chutney:<\/p>\n<p>In Maharashtra,<strong> \u092a\u091e\u094d\u091a\u093e\u092e\u0943\u0924<\/strong> Chutney is used for religious offerings. <strong>\u092a\u091e\u094d\u091a\u093e\u092e\u0943\u0924<\/strong> Chutney is composed of five ingredients: milk, honey, butter, sugar and yogurt. Mango (<strong>\u0915\u0947\u0930\u0940<\/strong>) Chutney is also popular, and is composed of mangos, green chilies\u00a0(<strong>\u0939\u0930\u0940 \u092e\u093f\u0930\u094d\u091a<\/strong>)\u00a0and\/or red chilli (<strong>\u0932\u093e\u0932<\/strong> <strong>\u092e\u093f\u0930\u094d\u091a<\/strong>), tumeric (<strong>\u0939\u0930\u093f\u0926\u094d\u0930\u093e<\/strong>) powder and some salt (<strong>\u0928\u092e\u0915<\/strong>). (The one in the picture is Mango Chutney.)<\/p>\n<p>In the Uttar Pradesh region, garlic (<strong>\u0932\u0939\u0938\u0941\u0928<\/strong>) Chutney (pictured left) is very well liked and consists of garlic, peanuts (<strong>\u092e\u0942\u0901\u0917\u092b\u0932\u0940<\/strong>), coriander (<strong>\u0927\u0928\u093f\u092f\u093e<\/strong>) seeds and coconut (<strong>\u0928\u093e\u0930\u093f\u092f\u0932<\/strong>). Then there&#8217;s also jaggery Chutney. Jaggery is a type of unrefined palm sugar. The jaggery Chutney may contain jaggery (<strong>\u0917\u0941\u095c<\/strong>), tamarind (<strong>\u0907\u092e\u0932\u0940<\/strong>), mustard seeds (<strong>\u0938\u0930\u0938\u094b\u0902<\/strong>), and\u00a0cumin (<strong>\u095b\u0940\u0930\u093e<\/strong>) seeds.<\/p>\n<p>In Orissa, the tomato (<strong>\u091f\u092e\u093e\u091f\u0930<\/strong>) chutney (pictured) consists of tomato, ginger (<strong>\u0905\u0926\u0930\u0915<\/strong>), fenugreek (<strong>\u092e\u0947\u0925\u0940<\/strong>) (fenugreek is a seed that is ground up in a type\u00a0of spice\u00a0powder that is\u00a0frequently used in curry), cinnamon (<strong>\u0926\u093e\u0932\u091a\u0940\u0928\u0940<\/strong>), and red chilies. There are also fruit chutneys like lemon (<strong>\u0928\u0940\u092c\u0942<\/strong>) chutney, orange (<strong>\u0938\u0902\u0924\u0930\u093e<\/strong>) chutney, and apricot (<strong>\u0916\u0941\u092c\u093e\u0928\u0940<\/strong>) chutney mixed with asafoetida (<strong>\u0939\u0940\u0902\u0917<\/strong>) (asafoetida is plant that has a strong odor when uncooked).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chutney is actually a Hinglish word for \u091a\u091f\u0928\u0940. Basically Chutney is a term used to describe a side dish that\u00a0accompanies a main dish. The side dish is usually in a wet, liquidy, or thick saucy form,\u00a0but sometimes dry spices are used as well. Chutney is usually either sweet or spicy. 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