Spinach walnut dip/chutney
About:
Generally Chutney/Dip sauce ingredients are sauted in vegetable oil and ground in the blenders/food processors. They are added to meals for flavour.
Palak/spinach chutney is an awesome dip with unique taste. In this recipe spinach and spices are sauted in oil and blend to a sauce with walnuts and lemon juice. Using walnut is a variation in this dip, traditionally fresh coconut is used but using walnut adds nutty taste to the sauce.
Relish this with idli/dosa/steamed rice.
Preparation time: 10mins
Cooking time: 10mins
Ingredients:
- Spinach blanched -250 gms
- Crushed walnut-1/2cup
- Chopped Green chilli-2num
- Chopped Garlic- 2cloves
- Lemon juice-2tsp
- Cumin seeds-1tsp
- Salt- as per taste
- Oil-2tsp
Procedure:
- Heat oil in the pan add cumin seeds, green chillies, garlic and saute for a minute.
- Add spinach and saute until the water evaporates (approx. 2-3minutes) and allow it to cool.
- Place sauted mixture, walnuts, salt, lime juice in the food processor and pulse several times until coarsely crushed. Scrape sides of the processor from time to time. Process continuously until it is smooth.
Serve with dosa/idli /chapathi/rice.
Note:
- You can replace walnut with grated fresh/ desiccated coconut.
- Peanuts can also be used.
Posted on August 4, 2014, in Dips, Dips, Indian, International and tagged Chitras healthy kitchen, drchdietfood, Healthy dips for Idlis, Healthy dips for Roti. Bookmark the permalink. 34 Comments.
Oh, I love walnuts, so I would like to try this one. I usually prefer toasted walnuts because of that extra taste, but are you using raw walnuts here?
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Walnuts are now daily intakes for our family..just trying to use it appropriately..I just used raw but it can toasted as well for added taste and crunchiness…
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Walnut gives good texture to the chutney na.. Once I was out of peanut and did coriander chutney with walnut:-) nice spinach dip dear
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Yeah it does as u also experimented…best part it is hearty
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Very nice dip and it goes so well with the cornmeal dumplings or idli. I think I would love that spinach sauteed with the spices and aromatics with a bowl of rice
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So nice to know Suzanne you liked it…happy
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That looks like a lovely dip! 🙂
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Thanks June.
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Cool , I can have it withhot idli’s , never thought of spinach chutney , nice idea dear
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Pleasure is mine that you liked it and supporting me with kind words friend
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Spinach with coconut seems interesting.
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Yes Vidhya…also walnuts makes it crynchy
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Hi Chitra! This is the second chutney I have seen today and I have really been wanting to try some…never have before. I like the combination of flavors you have going on!
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Thanks Lori..they are just like spreads and dips in the western culture
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Good morning !
Thanks for you visit and like !!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Regards,
Aliosa.
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Thanks Aliosa..pleasure is mine to meet you
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A very different chutney recipe. Thumbs up! 🙂
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Thanx Sadia. …:):)
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Heyyy this is soo yummy. I used to have such a cookie pie from a restaurant here in Kuwait. I loove it. Great! Now i have the recipe too. 🙂
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So nice Sadia and glad you liked it..there is no happiness than to recollect good old memories.you bought a smile on my face
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Love this healthy dip ❤
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Thanks dear
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Love all your recipes. I am all game to try some of them soon. Thanks for sharing and thank you too for stopping by to like mine. All the best !
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Pleasure is mine to meet you Veronica..wait to hear how they turnout for uoursdlf
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It look divine.
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So lovely feedback
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What a lovely and yummy looking blog! Thank you for following my mishmash of a blog. I hope you will visit often and feel always welcomed. I look forward to future posts from you.
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Pleasure is mine to meet you… So nice and look forward to your support. Will definitely be visiting your blog frequently
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Great choice! I bet it would be wonderful with the peanuts too 🙂
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Yes Christy..
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This sounds amazing! I love,love Indian food thanks for sharing 😉
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Pleasure is mine you visited us. Lovely feedback is a bonus..
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Thanks for your visit…Lovely feedback is a bonus
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