Roasted Garlic Chutney Dry

Garlic is known best for keeping cold at bay. Eating a clove of garlic when you feel like you may have an onset of cold, improves your immune system and strengthens up the natural defense system of the body.
Garlic has compounds that help prevent any kind of heart disease. It helps in lowering the cholesterol level in blood.Garlic also helps in the control of blood pressure or hypertension. Garlic is effective against fighting off a host of infections.

Here is a Garlic Chutney, that that be used with pancakes as well as in sandwiches. 

A favorite with all of us at home. 

I have also carried this on my trips abroad, and all my friends who have tasted this have loved it.

• A dry chutney that can be stored for up to 6 months in the refrigerator and can be stored outside for atleast a month.
• It can even be mixed with equal quantities of butter to make a sandwich spread.
• It can be used as a side dish with rice and dal.
• and also as an accompaniment for dosas/pancakes.

Very easy to make, needs very few ingredients and yet to versatile.

Coriander n Mint Chutney ( Cilantro n Mint Dip/Spread)

Coriander, commonly known as Dhania in India, or Cilantro in the Americas and Europe, is a herb which is extensively used around the world as a condiment or as a garnish or as a decoration on the dishes.
This is one dish made from Coriander or Cilantro that can be used as A Chutney, A Spread and A Dip.

• A healthy Chutney that can be used with all North Indian and Tandoori starters.
• A spread that can be used to make sandwiches.
• A dip that can be used with all kinds of fritters.
• A good accompaniment with cutlets and some types of pancakes.

I learnt this from my Mom. If you make this without adding water but only with lemon juice, it can be stored in the fridge in an air tight jar for 5 days.

Onion Chutney (Red Onion Dip)

The nutrients in onions protect against cancer, fight fungi and bacteria, promote cardiovascular health, reduce high blood pressure and insulin resistance, and aid in weight loss.
This Chutney can be used with all kinds of pancakes.
This is my maternal grandfather's recipe.

Raw Mango Chilli Chutney (Mango Chilli Sandwich Spread)

Raw Mango, with salt and chilli powder brings back childhood school memories.
The mango season has just begun, specifically RAW MANGOES.
This spread/chutney I learnt from my childhood friend's mom, who used to live next door.
She would make this chutney and spread it along with butter on sandwiches.
I still cannot forget the taste of the yummy sandwiches she would make. 
This dish has 2 variants :
Variant 1.  A spread for Sandwiches.
Variant 2. the traditional Indian chutney eaten with rice, rotis, dosa.