Amaranth Leaves Chutney Recipe – Thotakura Pachadi

Yield

Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Finely chopped Amaranth leaves
  • ⅓cup Chopped Amla pieces (Around 6 to 7 whole Amla)
  • 2 Tbsp Coconut oil
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
  • ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder
  • 2 Green chili
  • 2 Red chili
  • Salt to taste

For tadka

  • ¼ teaspoon Mustard seeds
  • ¼ teaspoon Cumin seeds
  • 1 tablespoon Coconut oil
  • 1 Red chili
  • ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
  • Pinch of Hing

Instructions

  1. Clean and finely chop amaranth leaves. Chop amla lengthwise into rough pieces.
  2. Heat a kadai (or other deep, flat-bottomed pan), add tablespoon of coconut oil. Once the oil is heated, add cumin seeds, red and green chili and let them fry.
  3. Take the fried cumin seeds, red and green chili into mortar pestle. Add ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder and salt to it.
  4. To the same kadai, add 1 tablespoon oil, chopped amla pieces and let them fry for 3 – 4 minutes.
  5. Meanwhile, make a rough paste out of these ingredients in the mortar pestle.
  6. To the same kadai, add chopped amaranth leaves, turmeric powder, and salt. Cook the amaranth leaves and amla together till done. It took around 5 minutes on a medium flame for me.
  7. Now add this amaranth leaves mixture to the mortar pestle and make a rough paste.
  8. It should be rough paste. And you can make this in the mixer grinder as well but just make sure that you don’t grind it into a smooth paste.
  9. Take the chutney into a serving bowl and add tadka made using mentioned ingredients.

Notes

Note from original author: Amaranth Leaves Chutney (Thotakura Pachadi) is a traditional Andhra chutney made with fresh amaranth leaves, creating a tangy and nutritious condiment. This vegan recipe is prepared using a mortar and pestle and pairs wonderfully with rice or roti.

 

Recipe borrowed and adapted from www.everydaynourishingfoods.com.

Photo from www.everydaynourishingfoods.com.

 

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