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healthy Hucchellu chutney powder?

healthy  Hucchellu chutney powder?

Hello everyone, 

Dear friends, did you try my previous recipe? Did you like it?

Hucchellu chutney powder. yes, Today I will be showing you yet another NORTH KARNATAKA’S CHUTNEY POWDER made out of HUCCHELLU OR GURELLU in Kannada, which is called NIGER SEEDS IN ENGLISH.

HUCCHELLU can be used in seed form, or in the form of oil, as it is an oilseed.
It looks like a bigger version of cumin seeds or sunflower seeds but is, shiny slippery, and black in color.

Hucchellu chutney powder goes well with  “JOWAR ROTI”, WHICH IS A STAPLE FOOD OF NORTH KARNATAKA. (INDIA).
It also goes well with RAGI ROTI. and curds.

healthy hucchellu chutney powder

Making this chutney powder is very easy. HUCCHELLU CHUTNEY POWDER is made by roasting the niger seeds, red chilly, dry coconut, and other spices to give it a tangy taste. It is very healthy and tastes very yummy. It is used as an accompaniment to lunch or dinner.

Ingredients needed to make the HUCCHELLU CHUTNEY POWDER:-

  • 1 cup-Hucchellu (Niger seeds)
  • 1 cup- Dry grated coconut.
  • 10-15-dry byadagi red chilies
  • a handful of curry leaves.
  • 1 level teaspoon- of table salt
  • 1/2 lemon size-tamarind
  • 1 teaspoon -of jaggery powder
  • 1 teaspoon -of oil
  • 1 small pinch-Asafoetida (hing)
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Instructions for making Hucchellu chutney powder

Roasting methods of the ingredients:

  • Sieve the seeds to remove the dust particles if any
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  • Keep a thick-bottomed frying pan on the low flame to heat.
  • Now you have to roast the niger seeds till it starts a crackling sound.
  • The color and form of the seeds also change when they get roasted.
  • Remove it to a plate to cool.
  • Now put a little oil and roast Red chilies and Curry leaves. Remove it onto a plate.
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  • To the same pan add the tamarind pieces and roast a little till the extra moisture goes off.
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  • Now put off the flame and put the grated coconut and roast.
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grinding of The Hucchellu chutney powder

NOTE:-MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE INGREDIENTS ARE NICELY COOLED

  • Grind, red chilly, curry leaves, salt, jaggery, and hing in a jar.
  • Remove on a plate.
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  • Now put the roasted niger seeds and grind coarsely.
  • Grind the roasted coconut, and now add salt, and hing and combine other ground ingredients.
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A very yummy, healthy, and nutritious NIGER SEEDS CHUTNEY POWDER is ready to enjoy.

  • Store in an air-tight container and relish the taste for months.

A VERY HEALTHY, YUMMY, TASTY, NUTRITIOUS, AND SPICY HUCHELLU CHUTNEY POWDER IS READY TO RELISH.

NOTES:-

  • health benefits of niger seeds and their oil are many.
  • Oil is extracted, from the seeds which are edible and can be used in their raw state.
  • Niger seed oil is good for heart health.
    It helps to get a good sleep.
  • Niger seed oil is good for heart health.
  • The seed has Omega 3 fatty acids so is good for avoiding a heart attack.
  • when we consume the whole seed, we get most of its nutrients.

MORE CHUTNEY POWDER LINKS ARE:-https://padmas-navaruchi.in/2022/09/healthy-flax-seed-chutney-powder-from-north-karnataka-2/

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