Easy Carrot Chutney

Reasons to try carrot chutney

• It's a super easy recipe. 
• Gluten-free, Dairy-free, and Vegan.
• Handy ingredients.
• It can be prepared in a few minutes with minimal effort.
• This chutney recipe is super delicious, healthy, full of antioxidants, and nutritious.

Ingredients

For making grated carrot chutney, you need the following ingredients:

Carrots: 3 -Orange carrots have a sweet and earthy flavor, best for the carrot chutney recipe. You can also use red carrots. I prefer to grate carrots as it makes the process quicker and easier.

Onion: 1 roughly chopped - It masks the bland taste of chutney.

Garlic: 2 -3 cloves- It enhances the taste of chutney.

Tamarind: 1 tablespoon- Use seedless tamarind. It gives a fantastic tangy and zesty flavor.

Pepper: 3 - Use dried red chilies. It gives a perfect color and also a spicy flavor.

Walnuts: 15 g - It provides a creamy texture to the carrot chutney

Mint Leaves: 3- 4 leaves- Needless to say, anything about its refreshing properties.

Cumin seeds: 1 teaspoon - I always prefer to add these in any chutney as cumin aids digestion.

Pour oil into a medium-hot pan. Add cumin seeds to it. Once the cumin turns aromatic, add garlic and onion and saute them.

The next step is to add carrots, tamarind, dried chillies, and salt and saute them for 5 minutes. Add walnuts and saute for the next 2-3 minutes.

Let the carrot mixture cool completely. Add mint leaves, and water to the carrot mixture and blend it to a smooth paste. I added 1 cup of water. Add a minimum quantity of water first to check the consistency. Add more if required.

Storage

• Store in the fridge for later use.
• It can long last for about a week if stored properly.

You are free to experiment with ingredients. Some of the ideas you can follow as:

• Coconut also makes a thick base for this chutney; try coconut next time.
• You may substitute walnuts with peanuts, cashews, or almonds and observe the difference!
• Replacing the tamarind with tomato or lemon juice will give you another version of this carrot chutney.
• If you prefer the sweet version, you may add a pinch of jaggery or gur to it. It enhances its taste as well as depth.

How to serve carrot sauce?

• Toppings for fresh vegetables like cucumber slices, bell pepper strips, celery sticks, and cherry tomatoes.
• Warm paratha, bread or pita chips make a delicious accompaniment to this carrot dip.
• Serve as a dipping sauce for idli dosa, pancakes/chilla, and rolls.
• As a spread on wraps, sandwiches, burgers, crackers, etc.,