Horse Gram Chutney - Kollu Chutney

Horse gram also called as Kollu or Gana payir in Tamilnadu. Horse gram is normally used to

feed horses, though it also used in cooking. Horse gram has much medicinal values. It will

be very useful for weight loss. It is mainly harvested in India. It is an extremely drought-

resistant crop. Moderately warm, dry climatic conditions are suitable for its optimum

growth. It matures in 4 to 6 months. There are many varieties of recipes made using horse

gram in South India. It is also much consumed by poor people, hence it is not much popular

gram in the market. We can just cook with salt and eat. Also we can make use for chutney,

idly, sambar etc..We will see today on how to make chutney using horse gram.

Ingredients:

Horse gram/Kollu - 1 cup

Grated coconut/sliced coconut - ½ cup

Red chilli - 5

Garlic pods - 7

Tamarind - a gooseberry size

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Urad dal - 1 tsp

Curry leaves - 2 spring

Oil for seasoning

Steps:

Dry roast 1 cup of horse gram in a pan until golden in color. Once it is roasted well, you will

feel nice flavor comes from horse gram.

Transfer into a plate and cool down.

In a same pan, add 1 leaflet curry leaves , 5 red chilli and dry roast together.Transfer into the

same plate with roasted horse gram.

Now in the same pan, add ½ cup coconut and dry roast. Roast until the moisture of coconut

goes off. Transfer into the same plate.

Now add 7 garlic pods, 1 gooseberry sized tamarind, 1 tsp cumin seeds and dry roast. Roast

until, garlic become golden in color. Transfer this into the same plate.

Now add all roasted ingredients together in a mixer jar and blend without adding water for

½ minute. Once all ingredients mixed together as coarse powder, add ½ cup of water and

blend until become chutney consistency.

Transfer the ground chutney into a bowl.

In a seasoning pan, add 2 tsp of oil and heat. Once oil hot add 1 tsp mustard seed, urad dal

mix. Once mustard start spluttering add 1 leaflet curry leaves.

Now add this seasoning into the chutney and mix it.

Now the tasty chutney is ready to serve!