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Beetroot Dip

Beetroot dip with roasted beetroot.
A delicious and easy to make dip for your snacks with all the healthy and flavourful ingredients.
You will love the taste even if you don’t like beetroot. Roasting enhanced the sweetness and taste of beetroot.

You may like some more beetroot recipes in this blog.

1. Dairy free beetroot smoothie

2. Beetroot dal or lentil curry

3. Beetroot shot

4. Beet smoothie

5. Beetroot rice or pulao and raita

6. Black rice oats beetroot pancake

7. Beetroot appe

8. Beetroot cutlets

9. vegan fruit and veggie smoothie

10. Beetroot green with green peas and corn

Beets are packed with essential vitamins, minerals and plant compounds, some of which have medicinal properties.
1. Many Nutrients in Few Calories. Beets boast an impressive nutritional profile.
2. Help Keep Blood Pressure in Check.
3. Can Improve Athletic Performance.
4. May Help Fight Inflammation.
5. May Improve Digestive Health.
6. May Help Support Brain Health.
7. May Have Some Anti-Cancer Properties. 8. May Help You Lose Weight.
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Earlier I have made beetroot dip with boiled or raw beetroot.

But noticed a baked beetroot process in twitter from Gala in the kitchen. A detailed and well explained method shared on this blog. Followed the method and very happy with the result. Taste of the baked beetroot are much better than boiled or raw beetroot. You could also see the difference in colour.

Recipe is very easy and simple. If you have baked beetroot ready then you only have to blend all the ingredients. But if you don’t have oven then you can boil the whole beetroot with water in pressure cooker then peel and chop when cool before blending.

Recipe

Beetroot – 2 medium

Tomato – 1 medium

Walnut – 1 tablespoon, chopped

Mint leaves – 3 tablespoon

Sesame seeds – 1 tablespoon

Dried Basil – 1 teaspoon

Lemon juice – 1 tablespoon

Black or pink salt to taste

Pepper powder to taste

Lemon zest – 1/4 teaspoon

Method

1. Wash well and bake the beetroot. Get the method here.

2. I have used my halogen oven to bake. If you are using halogen wrap beetroot with baking paper and then aluminium foil as directed in the above link. Place beetroot on muffins tray.

3. Place the tray on high rack of halogen oven.
Select speed up at 230° for 40 minutes or till done. Insert a fork to check.

4. If you don’t have oven then boil the whole beetroot in pressure cooker with water till done.

5. Let the beetroot cool down. Peel and chop into small pieces.

6. Dry roast the sesame seeds. When it starts to change its colour to light brown remove from heat. Transfer the sesame seeds on a plate.

7. Roast the tomato.
Hold it with the help of a fork or knife on flame. Roast till the skin becomes black.

8. Dip roasted tomato in cold water.
Now peel the skin and chop roughly.

9. Blend everything altogether.
Taste and add salt and more lemon juice if require.

10. Pour the mixture in a glass bowl. Garnish with mint leaves, walnut and dry roasted sesame seeds. Serve with any snack.
You can keep it in refrigerator for 5 – 6 days.

Note

You can add garlic cloves if you want.

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Mango Sesame Chutney

Mango sesame chutney.
A lip-smacking delicious chutney from Andhra Pradesh cuisine.
This chutney is very easy to make. Just grind all the ingredients and add the tempering. You will love with nutty flavour of sesame. You can use it as a dip with any snack.

Tanginess of raw mango and the taste and flavour of chillies, curry leaves and sesame seeds made the chutney lip-smacking.

For some more chutney recipes click on the name below.

Date raisin jaggery chutney with mango bar

Water chestnut or singhara chutney

Onion tomato chutney or dip

Peanut chutney or dip

Mango raisin chutney

For recipe swap challenge I was searching for recipes on the blog of Aruna Panangipally. Who blog at aahaaramonline.com
I was paired with her. I made her falafel but I have also bookmarked this mango sesame chutney. And made it in small quantity. Just loved it. So want to share it for my readers. You can check out the original recipe from Aruna’s blog.

You can make it double if you want. But I like to make my chutney or dip in small quantity and make every time fresh. You can add some more chillies if you want your chutney spicy and hot.

Recipe

Raw Mango – 1/2 cup, peeled and chopped

Sesame seeds or til – 2 tablespoon

Turmeric – a pinch

Green chilli – 2 – 3

Salt to taste

Oil – 1 teaspoon

Mustard seeds – 1/2 teaspoon

Dry red chilli – 1

Curry leaves – 4

Method

1. In a grinder grind chopped mango, sesame seeds, green chilli with turmeric and salt.

2. Add water to make thick paste.
When the mixture becomes smooth take out in a bowl. Taste and adjust the seasoning.

3. For tempering heat oil in a small pan.

4. Add mustard seeds and let it splutter.

5. Add dry red chilli and curry leaves. Fry for few seconds.

6. Add the tempering to the chutney. Mix well.

7. Your mango sesame chutney is ready. Serve with idli, dosa or any snack.

Note

Add chilli according to your taste. If you like your chutney hot use more chilli.

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Kasundi / Guest Post By Rita Ghosh

Kasundi
One more recipe from Bengal.
You can call it mustard sauce. I love it’s tangy zingy taste and lovely aroma of mustard.
You can serve it with any Bengali snack, cutlets, chop, fritters, croquettes or anything as a dip or sauce.

You can make fish or any vegetables with it. I often make eggs, ladyfingers, eggplant etc with kasundi. You have to add kasundi with salt, turmeric powder and chilli only. You don’t need much spices with it.

Kasundi is the Asian or Indian variety of mustard sauce. It is a pungent paste of fermented mustard seeds, spices and sometimes dried mangoes, dried Indian plum and olives, popular as a dipping sauce in Bengali cuisine.
Kasundi has always been a revered fixture of Bengali households, its making used to be almost a religious rite, with many restriction and rituals. With modern household appliances becoming commonplace, its making no more remains a complex ritual.
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Some of my readers requested for kasundi recipe. I never tried it. Always bought readymade bottles from Kolkata. So I have requested my friend Rita Ghosh for a guest post. Rita Ghosh is an avid cook and a very humble person. We never met physically but she is really a good friend. We met in a food group. Our interests are same. We chat every day and our topic is food. So when I requested her for kasundi post she gave me the recipe immediately. Thanks a lot dear for this awesome recipe.
Sharing her authentic method to make kasundi. Try it and please give your feedback 😊

Recipe

Black mustard seeds – 3 & 1/2 cup

Ginger paste – 2 tablespoon

Red chilli powder – 1 & 1/2 teaspoon

Salt to taste

Turmeric powder – 2 teaspoon

Coriander seeds – 1 teaspoon

Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon

Black pepper – 8 – 10

Green cardamom – 2

Cinnamon – 2 sticks

Raw mango – 2 medium, chopped

Hot water – 1 litre

Method

1. Wash black mustard seeds and ginger and let them dry under sunlight.

2. When dried completely blend them well.

3. Dry roast black pepper, green cardamom and cinnamon. Grind them altogether. Make fine powder.

4. Take a deep bottom pan. Mix blended mustard seeds, turmeric powder, salt and water in it.

5. Add mango pieces and mix well.
Cover the pan and keep it overnight.

6. Next day, take out the mango pieces and blend. Now add blended mango pieces and all the spices in this fermented mixture.
Add more cold ( room temperature) water as require.

7. Keep under sunlight for 7 – 8 days.
Your kasundi is ready.
Relish throughout the year.

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Capsicum Salsa

Capsicum salsa.

A finger licking dip for your snacks.
Salsa is the Spanish, Italian, Greek, and Turkish term for sauce. In English-speaking countries, salsa usually refers to the sauces typical of Mexican cuisine known as salsas picantes, particularly those used as dips. Wikipedia

I have got the recipe from a television food show about 10 years ago.

I have followed the method but make some changes as per my taste.

So here is a very easy to make lip-smacking dip for you.

Recipe

Capsicum – 2 medium

Tomato – 2 medium

Green chilli – 5 – 6 or to taste, chopped

Vinegar – 2 tablespoon

Salt to taste

Tomato sauce – 3 tablespoon

Method

Soak the chopped green chillies in vinegar and keep aside.

Wash and pat dry the capsicum and tomato.

Roast the capsicum and tomato one by one.

Hold them with the help of a fork or knife on flame. Roast till the skin becomes black.

Dip roasted capsicum and tomato in cold water.

Now peel the skin. Remove and discard the stem and seeds.

Chop them roughly.

Grind vinegar soaked green chillies, roasted capsicum and tomatoes with salt.

Make a smooth paste.

Take out the mixture in a bowl. Add tomato sauce.

Mix well. Taste and adjust the salt.

You can add few teaspoon more vinegar and tomato sauce if require. I love my dip tangy so I have added 1 teaspoon vinegar more.

Serve with any snacks.

You can keep it in refrigerator for 8 – 10 days.
Notes

1. You can increase or decrease green chilli according to your spice tolerance. If you like your dip more hot add some more green chilli.

2. You can add 2 – 3 garlic cloves if you like garlicky taste. I didn’t.

3. You can add more tomato sauce or vinegar according to your taste.

4. If you like you can add handful chopped cilantro or coriander leaves while grinding.

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Water Chestnut Or Singhara Chutney Or Dip

Water chestnut or singhara chutney or dip.

A delicious tangy chutney. First time tried with singhara or water chestnut and very happy with the taste. Its a hit in my family.

Water chestnut is full of vitamins and minerals. Not only that, nutrients rich water chestnut is cholesterol free.

When looking for cholesterol-free and fat-free foods to add to your meal plans, water chestnuts fill the bill. You can lower your risk for heart disease and stroke by maintaining your blood cholesterol level, and adding water chestnuts to your meals can help you do this. Water chestnuts’ zero fat content may help you prevent weight gain when adding them to your diet.

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I have already shared few more chutney or dip recipe

O nion tomato chutney

Mango raisin chutney

Peanut chutney or dip

A big thank to Rohit Srivastava for the idea. We were talking about water chestnut. Maximum people love boiled water chestnut with spicy dhania or cilantro chutney.

So here is a mix match. Water chestnut with cilantro, mint, tomato, lemon juice and and some spices.

You can enjoy this spicy tangy chutney with your food or make it a sandwich spread.

Recipe

Singhara – 10 – 12

Chopped cilantro or coriander leaves – 1 cup

Mint leaves – 1/2 cup

Tomato – 1, chopped

Garlic – 3 – 4 cloves

Ginger – 1/2 inch piece

Green chilli – 2 – 3, chopped

Salt to taste

Chaat masala powder – 1 teaspoon

Cumin powder – 1 teaspoon

Lemon juice – 2 tablespoon or to taste

Method

Peel and chop the water chestnut or singhara.

Clean and rinse mint leaves and cilantro.

Grind water chestnut, cilantro, mint leaves, tomato, garlic, ginger and green chilli.

Add salt, cumin powder, chaat masala powder and lemon juice. Blend the mixture again.

Taste and adjust the seasoning. Add more salt and lemon juice if require.

Enjoy with your snacks or use it as a sandwich spread.

Serve immediately or keep in refrigerator for later use. You can keep in refrigerator for 7-8 days.
Note –

Add green chilli according to your taste.

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Onion Tomato Chutney Or Dip

Onion tomato chutney or dip.

A lip-smacking and spicy savoury chutney or dip. Best accompany for your snacks, or use it as a sandwich spread.

Its my first post for Shhhh Cooking Secretly Facebook group and the theme is ‘Chutneys’.

In this group all the participating bloggers were challenged to make a dish with the use of two secret ingredients their partner assigns them with.

This week’s theme is Chutneys.

This is my first challenge I have been paired with Avin S Kohli, a very talented blogger who writes at theyellowdaal.com

A big thank to Avin for giving me these two ingredients. Chutney becomes super hit in my family.

Best accompany with your snacks. I have used it as sandwich spread too. This finger licking chutney or dip made my sandwiches superbly delicious.

Recipe

Tomato – 4 medium chopped

Onion – 1 sliced

Cilantro – 1 cup chopped

Garlic – 3 – 4 cloves chopped

Ginger – 1/2 inch piece chopped

Cashew nut – 2 heaped tablespoon

Green chilli – 2 – 3 or to taste

Salt to taste

Lemon juice – 2 tablespoon

Cumin powder – 1 teaspoon

Method

Heat oil in a pan. Add sliced onion and chopped green chilli. Fry till onion becomes translucent. Add garlic and ginger. Fry until the onion becomes brown.

Now add the tomatoes, cashew nuts, chopped cilantro, salt and cumin powder.

Cook till the tomatoes becomes mushy.

Switch off the flame. If you want your chutney hot you can add 1-2 dry red chilli in the oil with onion.

Let the mixture cool down.

Mix lemon juice and grind into smooth paste.

Taste and adjust salt and lemon juice if required.

Pour the chutney in a bowl or jar.

Serve with any snacks or use as a sandwich spread.

I have used it in my burger too. It will make your sandwiches or burger superbly delicious.

Enjoy…….
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Peanut Chutney Or Dip

I promised to post the recipe of peanut chutney or dip.

Peanuts are good for heart and carry almost all the qualities of other popular kernels like pistachio, almonds etc.

Peanuts are good source of vitamins. These are essential for optimum health and wellness. So we should try to include it in our everyday meal.

If you like the taste of peanut try this chutney or dip. You will love the taste.

I used green chilli but you can use dry red chilli too for the colour.
You can add little tamarind to make the chutney more tangy.

Recipe

Peanut – 2 tablespoon

Tomato – 2 large chopped

Green chilli – 2-3 chopped

Garlic – 3-4 pod chopped, you can add more if you like the garlicky taste.

Mustard seeds – 1 teaspoon

Curry leaves – 1 teaspoon chopped

Dry red chilli – 1 for garnishing

Method

Dry roast the peanuts, remove the skin, ground and keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan. Fry 1 dry red chilli and keep aside for garnishing.

Add mustard seeds and let them splutter.

Now add garlic fry until it becomes light brown. Add curry leaves then green chilli and chopped tomatoes.

Stir and add salt, cumin powder. Stir well. When the tomatoes becomes soft switch off the flame.

Let it cool. Grind them. Add ground peanuts and juice of 1 lemon, grind again.

Taste the seasoning and adjust.
Pour in a glass bowl garnish with fried red chilli.

Serve with steamed idli, dosa, cutlets, paratha or any other dishes.