Apple as the saying 'An apple a day keeps a doctor away' needs not much explanation to say it is beneficial. It has cancer preventing properties and may also help with heart disease, weight loss, and controlling cholesterol, as they do not have any cholesterol, have fiber, which reduces cholesterol by preventing re-absorption.
I was working on how to get it into a serving where one is happy eating even as he/she is not an apple liker and the result is this yummy chutney.
Know more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple#Health_benefits, http://www.allaboutapples.com/health/index.htm
Serving: This recipe will serve 3-4
Ingredients:
- Apple- 1 Large
- Urad dal/ Split blach gram seeds 1/2tsp
- Chana dal/ Split chick peas 1/2 tsp
- Menthya/ Fenugreek seeds 1/8 tsp
- Hing/ Asafoetida - 2 pinches
- Dry red chillies - 3-4 or as required
- Salt per taste or 1/4 tsp
- Turmeric powder - 1/8 tsp
- Tamarind paste - 1/2 tsp
- Grated coconut fresh or frozen - 1 tbl spn
- Oil 1 tsp
How to make:
- Heat oil in a pan on medium flame
- When oil is hot add black gram, chick peas, fry for 3 mins
- Add asafoetida, red chillies and fenugreek seeds and fry for another minute
- Empty the fried masala to a bowl
- Add chopped apple(1/2 inch cubes should do), turmeric, tamarind juice to the same pan
- Fry for 3-4 minutes
- Blend this with fried masala with coconut, salt to a smooth paste
- Serve this with dosa/ idli. Can be used as a dip for crisp snacks.
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