Yogurt Chutney With Puréed Greens Food

BASIC GREEN CHUTNEY

Steps:

• 1. In a food processor or blender, process together the green chili peppers and scallion greens until minced. Add the mint and cilantro to the work bowl and process, stopping a few times to scrape the sides with a spatula, until puréed. As you process, drizzle the lime juice through the feeder tube into the work bowl and process until the chutney is smooth.2. Add the sugar, salt, and pepper and process once again. Adjust the seasoning. Transfer to a bowl and serve immediately, refrigerate about 10 days, or freeze up to 6 months.From "1,000 Indian Recipes." Copyright 2002 by Neelam Batra. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

PURéED GREEN MANGO CHUTNEYS

Steps:

• 1. With a vegetable peeler, peel the mangoes, then cut the fruit around the center seed into 1/2- to 1-inch pieces. Place the mango pieces and the ginger, green chili peppers, scallions, curry leaves, and salt in a food processor or a blender, and process until minced. Remove to a serving bowl. Add some of the sugar if the chutney seems to tart.2. Heat the oil in a small nonstick saucepan over medium-high heat and add the red chili peppers and mustard seeds they should splutter upon contact with the hot oil, so lower the heat and cover the pan until the spluttering subsides. Quickly add the fenugreek seeds and asafoetida, stir 30 seconds, then add this seasoning mixture to the chutney, with parts of it visible as a garnish. Transfer to a bowl and serve immediately, refrigerate about 10 days or freeze up to 6 months.From "1,000 Indian Recipes." Copyright 2002 by Neelam Batra. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.