Garlic Chutney Recipe (No Preservative & Natural Color)

Garlic chutney is spicy, delicious, and prepare with red chilly powder and garlic. People often eat it with bhakri or rotli. The aroma of the chutney is pungent and remarkable.

Soak garlic in the water to peel it nicely so that it won’t hurt your hands. Also, garlic chutney is a good compliment with foods like sandwiches, vada pav, dabeli, falafel with pita bread, khichiya papad.

It’s a unique combination of chili and garlic that best suits your tastebuds. The Kashmiri red chili powder will give the red color. If you are a spice lover, you will love to add this chutney to your food and enjoy your meals. Moreover, you can serve this chutney with snacks to give an extra flavor to the food.

Also, it’s a great choice to always serve it with your lunch like khichdi and enjoy spicy food at home. You can store it for months in the glass jar and refrigerate it whenever you want to use it. There’s no need to add any kind of food color or preservative.

Indians use chutneys in their social gatherings, kitty parties, and even in marriages. Garlic chutney is really a special accompaniment with your food whenever you need with whatever snacks like nachos, roti, thepla, khaman, or locha. Especially Gujarati cuisine includes this chutney with everything because they add sugar in the food so the spice is needed along with sabji and roti.

Try similar recipes like onion chutney with coriander leaves and garlic coriander chutney.

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Ingredients of Garlic Chutney

  • Garlic - 100 gm
  • Sugar - 1 tsp
  • Salt - as needed
  • Red Chili Powder - 1 tbsp (kashmiri)
  • Oil - 4 tbsp

Steps for Garlic Chutney

  • Take a bowl. add whole garlic. Now add sugar, salt, and red chili powder. Crush the garlic mixture. Do not grind it. Grinding will make a thick paste. Hence, crush and not grind.
  • Now heat oil in the pan. Add the crushed garlic masala mix to the pan. Saute it till the oil mixes with the garlic masala properly. Keep the flame low. Make sure the garlic doesn't burn.
  • Stir the pan mixture so that it doesn't stick and burn at the bottom. Now add curd to the pan. Mix everything well. You will get an orange texture. Keep the flame low.
  • Cook till the water content in the mixture evaporates. You will get a fine thick paste. Now your garlic chutney is ready. Serve it with the main course lunch or dinner items.

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