ORANGE PEEL CHUTNEY

Orange peel chutney is made out of orange peel with fried urad dal as main ingredient.   To be frank with you, the taste may not be liked by everyone as it has got bitter taste but since we are adding little jaggery in it, you will forget the bitterness.   I had it with dosa and dal rice today and liked it very much.  If your taste bud is used to bitterness, then it will be liked by you.

 I have also made orange peel thuvayal  &  OrangePeelSweet Chutney.aspx and the said recipes were  shared with Ms. Dahlia Twinkle of www.simpleindianrecipes.com.  I have shared more than 100 recipes with her before starting my blog.  It is a lovely site.

Let us look at the recipe now:

Ingredients:

Orange peel of one orange (should be ripe one)
2 tbsp urad dal
1-2 red dry chilly
handful of green coriander leaves
1-2 sprig of curry leaves
a small piece of ginger
1 tbsp jaggery
1/4 tsp dry mango powder (amchur powder)
a generous pinch of asafoetida
1 tsp oil
salt to taste


Seasoning:

1 tsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
few curry leaves


Method:

Pressure cook the orange peel for 2-3 whistles till soft.  In a kadai, heat oil, fry the urad dal and red chilly. cool it. also just fry the curry leaves.  mix all the ingredients together and grind to a smooth paste.  add little water while grinding.  Keep the consistency according to your requirement.  Season with the mustard seeds and curry leaves.  Serve with dosa, idli or as a side dish with molagootal, dal etc.