Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, garlic chutney recipe | lehsun ki chatni | lahsun chutney is a vegetarian south indian chutney made with ghee / clarified butter, mustard, and urad dal in about 30 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 25 minutes
- Total time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 1 box
- Category: chutney
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
for tempering:
- ¼ cup ghee / clarified butter
- 1 tsp mustard
- 1 tsp urad dal
- pinch hing / asafoetida
- ¾ cup (90 grams) garlic (chopped)
for masala paste:
- ¼ cup coconut (grated)
- 1½ tsp mustard
- 1 tomato (chopped)
- 4 dried red chilli
other ingredients:
- 1 cup tamarind extract
- ¼ tsp turmeric
- ¾ tsp salt
- ½ tsp jaggery
Method
- firstly, in a pan heat ¼ cup ghee, splutter 1 tsp mustard, 1 tsp urad dal and pinch hing.
- add ¾ cup garlic and saute on low flame.
- saute until the garlic turns golden brown. keep aside.
- to prepare masala paste, in a blender take ¼ cup coconut, 1½ tsp mustard, 1 tomato and 4 dried red chilli.
- blend to smooth paste adding water if required. keep aside.
- in a large kadai take 1 cup tamarind extract, ¼ tsp turmeric, ¾ tsp salt and ½ tsp jaggery.
- mix well and boil for 5 minutes or until raw flavour disappears.
- add in the prepared masala paste and give a good mix.
- also, add in fried garlic and mix well.
- simmer for 7 minutes or until oil separates.
- finally, enjoy garlic chutney with hot steamed rice.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
