Step-by-step
1
firstly, peel the skin of the sweet potato. you can use white or brown sweet potato.
2
grate the sweet potato uniformly. keep aside.
3
in a pan heat 3 tsp oil and saute 1 tbsp urad dal, 1 tbsp chana dal, 3 dried red chilli and few curry leaves.
4
add in grated sweet potato and saute for 5 minutes.
5
saute until the sweet potato is cooked well.
6
cool completely and transfer to the blender.
7
add in ½ cup coconut, small ball sized tamarind, ½ tsp salt and ½ cup water.
8
blend to smooth paste adding water as required.
9
now prepare the tempering by heating 3 tsp oil and splutter ½ tsp mustard, ½ tsp urad dal and few curry leaves.
10
pour the tempering over the chutney and mix well.
11
finally, enjoy sweet potato chutney with hot steamed rice or dosa.
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Notes
- firstly, cook the sweet potato on medium flame or you can use boiled sweet potato.
- additionally, adjust the spice depending on the sweetness of the sweet potato.
- also, adding coconut is optional. however, it gives good texture and flavour.
- finally, sweet potato chutney recipe tastes great for 2-3 days when refrigerated.
Original recipe by Hebbar’s Kitchen: https://hebbarskitchen.com/sweet-potato-chutney-recipe/